Defense bill produces incremental progress on cybersecurity programs at DHS and DOD

By Charlie Mitchell / December 8, 2022 at 3:03 PM
The fiscal year 2023 defense policy bill heading toward final passage in Congress contains an extensive inventory of cybersecurity provisions for the Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon and other parts of the federal government, addressing issues ranging from the security of federal networks to cyber diplomacy, maritime cybersecurity and clarifying DHS roles and responsibilities in cyberspace. Lawmakers declined to include several high-profile cyber proposals in the package, such as authorizing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to designate strategically...

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