GAO Report on Pentagon Cybersecurity Incidents

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GAO Report on Pentagon Cybersecurity Incidents​

November 15, 2022 9:01 AM

The following is the Nov. 14, 2022, Government Accountability Office report, DoD Cybersecurity: Enhanced Attention Needed to Ensure Cyber
Incidents Are Appropriately Reported and Shared.

From the report​

The Department of Defense (DOD) and our nation’s defense industrial base (DIB)—which includes entities outside the federal government that provide goods or services critical to meeting U.S. military requirements—are dependent on information systems to carry out their operations. These systems continue to be the target of cyber attacks, as DOD has experienced over 12,000 cyber incidents since 2015 (see figure).To combat these incidents, DOD has established two processes for managing cyber incidents—one for all incidents and one for critical incidents. However, DOD has not fully implemented either of these processes.

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GAO Report on Pentagon Cybersecurity Incidents - USNI News

The following is the Nov. 14, 2022, Government Accountability Office report, DoD Cybersecurity: Enhanced Attention Needed to Ensure Cyber Incidents Are Appropriately Reported and Shared. From the report The Department of Defense (DOD) and our nation’s defense industrial base (DIB)—which includes...

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Data Brokers Are a Threat to National Security​

You are a senior Marine Corps officer. You have medical conditions that require prescription medications; you eat at the same restaurants each weekend; your kids have some debt problems; one of your siblings is a recovering alcoholic; you pay for your mother’s housing; and you have top secret access at the Pentagon.

Most people don’t know these personal details about you. But data brokers may already have all this information and more—and our foreign adversaries can legally purchase it. In fact, they can purchase similar information about millions of other service members and veterans. This is a weak link for national security.

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Data Brokers Are a Threat to National Security

Data is critical infrastructure. It must be treated as such.

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Data Brokers Are a Threat to National Security​

You are a senior Marine Corps officer. You have medical conditions that require prescription medications; you eat at the same restaurants each weekend; your kids have some debt problems; one of your siblings is a recovering alcoholic; you pay for your mother’s housing; and you have top secret access at the Pentagon.

Most people don’t know these personal details about you. But data brokers may already have all this information and more—and our foreign adversaries can legally purchase it. In fact, they can purchase similar information about millions of other service members and veterans. This is a weak link for national security.

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https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/december/data-brokers-are-threat-national-security


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