The INSIDER daily digest -- Dec. 12, 2022

By John Liang / December 12, 2022 at 1:48 PM

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's zero-trust office, the effects of the continuing resolution on Army programs and more.

The recently stood-up zero-trust portfolio management office is prepared to help DOD components secure fiscal year 2023 dollars as they turn their attention to incorporating tenets of the Pentagon’s new zero-trust strategy and roadmap into their cyber defense posture:

Zero-trust office pledges to advocate for 'bridge' funding for agencies

The Defense Department office that led the creation of a framework to establish a military baseline of safeguards against current cybersecurity risks is poised to work with agencies to secure for them interim funding to begin implementing a zero-trust architecture, a key official said this week.

The ongoing continuing resolution, set to expire at the end of this week unless Congress passes a fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill, could spell trouble for various Army weapon system programs:

Continuing resolutions would create delays for Army hypersonics, new troop carrier and more

An extended continuing resolution would leave a wide range of Army priorities ranging from hypersonics to radios vulnerable to delays, the service said.

A new Government Accountability Office report makes "16 recommendations to the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force to develop plans to implement predictive maintenance and assess its performance":

GAO: Services should adopt predictive maintenance plans for weapon systems

Government auditors are recommending the military services organize and execute strategies to adopt predictive maintenance practices for their weapon systems to reduce costs and facilitate smoother operations.

Document: GAO report on predictive maintenance for weapon systems

More coverage from the House's recent passage of the compromise FY-23 defense authorization bill:

Defense authorization bill directs Army to take stock of air and missile defense capabilities

Congress' new compromise defense authorization bill spells out a process by which the Army is to take an inventory of its Patriot air and missile defense systems.

Defense policy bill aims to advance efforts on security for quantum computing, AI

The final version of the annual defense policy bill now headed to the Senate floor includes provisions to accelerate work on securing federal systems against the future threat posed by quantum computing and to help advance the government's work on promoting secure artificial intelligence development.

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