DOD watchdog widens scope of cyber audit to include 'select commercial items'

By Tony Bertuca / June 19, 2018 at 4:10 PM
The Defense Department inspector general announced today it is broadening the scope of an audit meant to focus on the cyber vulnerabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles to include "select commercial items." The audit, first announced March 5, was initially meant to determine whether DOD "implemented and operated cyber and physical security controls in accordance with federal and DOD system, communications, and information security requirements to protect select unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems from unauthorized access and use," according to a...

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