Army advisory panel assessing vulnerability to tampering of data delivered to operating forces

By Jason Sherman / February 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has commissioned an advisory panel to provide an independent assessment of the service's information assurance capabilities, a matter central to plans for semi-autonomous weapon systems and future combat. The Army Science Board last month launched a study at McCarthy's direction on "Data Integrity for Operating Force (OF) Decision Making" to assess the service's ability to ensure soldiers can trust information delivered from any electronic device has not been tampered with. The study team "should recommend a...

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