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Ernst Calls on DoD to End Purchasing of Cyber Risk-Prone Foreign Equipment

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

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Ernst Calls on DoD to End Purchasing of Cyber Risk-Prone Foreign Equipment

A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is calling on the Defense Department to end its pattern of purchasing electronic equipment with known cybersecurity risks, particularly from China. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who chairs the SASC Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, issued a letter to Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist Aug. 27 noting her concern that “despite repeated warning from multiple government agencies, DoD is continuing to purchase and use computers and other electronics with known cybersecurity risks”…

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