Pentagon task force 'operationalizing' list of critical technologies

By Justin Doubleday / November 12, 2019 at 2:36 PM
A high-level Pentagon task force has compiled a list of critical technologies and programs as part of the Defense Department’s efforts to ensure its contractors better protect vital military information from being stolen by competitor nations like China. The “Protecting Critical Technology Task Force,” established a little over a year ago, has developed the list as it focused much of its early effort on defense industrial base networks, according to Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Murphy, director of the task...

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