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Navy Seeking Faster Access To Commercial IT Cyber Solutions

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

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The Navy outlined a new initiative on March 26 designed to increase its ability to more quickly adopt new innovations in the commercial information technology sector to more rapidly response to new cyber threats.The goal is to work more closely with industry to focus on problems and solutions to make the Navy more agile in addressing cyber-security, while finding ways to work more efficiently within the acquisition system and regulations, including by enlisting more small businesses, said Victor Gavin, the…

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