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Senate Defense Bill Establishes Cyber Warfare Policy; Includes Federal IT Modernization Plan

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

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The Senate on Sept. 18 passed its nearly $700 billion defense authorization bill, which will establish the first-ever cyber warfare policy, including the use of offensive digital weapons, and stipulates a $500 million federal information technology (IT) modernization plan.The Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2018 passed with an 89-8 vote. The NDAA creates the first wholly-defined cyber warfare strategy meant to determine when the U.S. is able to employ tools of national power following attacks to the cyber…

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