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Air Force Association Report Calls On USAF To Address Lagging Cyber Effort

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

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A new report from the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute urges Air Force leadership to address not treating data as a strategic asset and leveraging industry input as part of a wider effort to meet cyber space challenges.The report, “The Cyber Edge: Posturing the US Air Force for the Information Age,” released Aug. 30 by retired Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Lt. Gen. William Bender, calls for foundational changes to be implemented by leadership to meet full control of…

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