GAO: DOD mostly meets cybersecurity requirements in key CUI areas

By Briana Reilly / May 19, 2022 at 4:26 PM
While the Defense Department has taken steps to safeguard sensitive data, it has yet to fully implement cybersecurity requirements surrounding its controlled unclassified information across the military's components, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office . In all, GAO officials found, DOD logged implementation rates of more than 70% in four cybersecurity requirement areas for CUI systems as of January 2022. CUI, as defined under the report, “is created or possessed by the government or on behalf...

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