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Cyber

DoT Still Needs To Define Roles And Responsibilities In Responding To Vehicle Cyber Attacks, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 25th, 2016

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DoT Still Needs To Define Roles And Responsibilities In Responding To Vehicle Cyber Attacks, GAO Says

The Department of Transportation (DoT) is taking a number of steps to address cyber security vulnerabilities in automotive vehicles but has yet to define its roles in responsibilities in case there is a cyber attack on a vehicle and how it would work with other federal agencies, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Automakers continue to use be more software code to support more and increasingly complex electronic systems and components, expanding the cyber vulnerabilities of…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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