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Navy Finalizes First Eight New Cybersecurity Standards

Tuesday, February 16th, 2016

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Navy Finalizes First Eight New Cybersecurity Standards

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The U.S. Navy finalized the first eight of over 24 planned foundational cybersecurity standards to govern the majority of the service’s systems and program, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) said Tuesday.The standards were developed by the Information Technology/Information Assurance Technical Authority Board (IT/IA TAB) to provide a uniform security architecture framework. The framework includes a consistent application of security controls for the Navy’s afloat, ashore, aviation, and space systems.The new cyber standards are host level protection, network firewall,…

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