DOD CIO: Pentagon Needs Cyber Rules Of Engagement, Accountability Like Other Warfare Areas

By Jordana Mishory / September 17, 2015 at 2:56 PM
In order to better operate in the cyber arena, the Pentagon needs to create cyber rules of engagement and consequences for certain actions, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen. Speaking Thursday at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, Halvorsen noted that the Pentagon needs to have the same types of actions, responses, accountability and responsibility when it comes to the cyber mission as it does in other warfare arenas. Halvorsen pointed to weapon systems as an example...

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