Defense law requires Pentagon to assist DHS with 'non-reimbursable' resources

By Rick Weber / August 16, 2018 at 5:00 AM
The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law this week calls on the Pentagon to provide assistance to the Department of Homeland Security in protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks -- in line with a long-standing arrangement between DHS and private industryy on sharing threat intelligence -- as part of a pilot project slated to run through 2022. "The secretary of defense, in coordination with the secretary of homeland security, is authorized to provide, detail, or assign technical...

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