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Cyber

Final Version of NDAA Directs White House, DoD To Update Cyber Strategies

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

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Final Version of NDAA Directs White House, DoD To Update Cyber Strategies

The final version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2018 calls on the White House to develop a national cyber warfare policy and directs the Department of Defense to address lagging information technology (IT) modernization efforts. Conference negotiations on the final version of the $700 billion fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) concluded Wednesday, and the final bill will fully fund $8.7 billion for DoD cyber operations.“The committees have long expressed their concern with the lack…

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