Cybersecurity ambitions in National Defense Strategy meet reality of budget constraints

By Mariam Baksh / November 28, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Lofty goals in the Trump administration's National Defense Strategy were brought down to earth by a pair of Defense Department advisers, who told a Senate panel this week that a lack of funding will hinder execution of the plan, which deeply incorporates cybersecurity in the consideration of malign actions by nation-states and individuals. "Should war occur, American forces will face harder fights and suffer far greater losses than at any time since Vietnam," according to testimony Tuesday at a Senate...

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