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Moving off legacy systems and into the cloud will support digital transformation efforts, Navy officials tell Congress.

Protecting the supply chain and CUI will only become more challenging as the number of defense contractors and the amount of data they house continues to increase.

By Lauren Williams May 05, 2021 While better data would help the Defense Department more effectively assess investments and risks over time, according to a watchdog official, several challenges exist. First off is the ability of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment to conduct data-driven oversight of the individual services’ weapons programs, Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office, told the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness at an April 28 hearing. "Oversight is still impor...

The vulnerability disclosure program, which was started from the Defense Digital Service's 2016 Hack the Pentagon initiative, was initially restricted to public-facing websites and applications.

By Justin Katz May 05, 2021 The Department of Homeland Security and the White House are putting the spotlight on combatting ransomware, actively developing plans to confront the issue. DHS has assembled a task force with representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Secret Service, Coast Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit, according to Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The new task force is part of the secretary's planned "60-day sprint" on ransomware that was announced in March as the first in a series of ne...