A leading Pentagon official on information security questioned whether cybersecurity should be established as a core purchasing principle for the military, as described in a recent MITRE Corp. report. "I think we already have that leg built into performance," said Donald Davidson, deputy director of cybersecurity risk management for the DOD chief information officer. He was referring to MITRE's recommendation that cybersecurity be a "fourth pillar" in acquisition along with cost, schedule and performance. The report discussed securing the Defense...
