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DOT&E Report: DoD Networks Remain Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 26th, 2018

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DOT&E Report: DoD Networks Remain Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

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Department of Defense networks and weapon systems remain vulnerable to adversarial cyber attacks and programs, such as the Joint Regional Security Stacks and Cyber Protection Teams, and aren't meeting expectations, according to a new office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report published Jan. 25. The new DOT&E report, which collects testing assessments from FY 2017, finds that while some aspects of network defenses have improved there are still persistent flaws with software patching, deploying new cyber defenses…

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