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GAO: MDA Cancelled Planned 2020 Cybersecurity Assessments To Change Approach

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

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GAO: MDA Cancelled Planned 2020 Cybersecurity Assessments To Change Approach

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A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted none of its planned operational cybersecurity assessments in fiscal year 2020 as it moves to change its cybersecurity test planning efforts. While the report, Missile Defense: Fiscal Year 2020 Delivery and Testing Progressed, but Annual Goals Unmet, said MDA has improved its cybersecurity planning and testing efforts in recent years, “it did not conduct any of its planned operational cybersecurity assessments needed to assess vulnerabilities in…

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