Defense Department Suspends New Cybersecurity Rules After $7 Billion Cost Concerns
The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced a change in its cybersecurity strategy, suspending a phase of a pre-existing plan to strengthen cybersecurity compliance over concerns about the cost and bureaucracy involved in implementing it. DOD said in a release that it was suspending phase two of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program due […]
Army Secretary Directs West Point to Rescind Appointment of Biden-Era Cybersecurity Director
NEW YORK — The Secretary of the Army on Wednesday directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices, bar outside groups from choosing employees and remove a newly announced hire who led the nation’s cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden. The directive, shared on the social platform X by Secretary […]