Host of challenges await next Pentagon CIO February 19 The Pentagon s next chief information officer must prioritize implementation of the digital modernization strategy, experts told C4ISRNET. (Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/U.S. Air Force) The list of IT issues awaiting the U.S. Defense Department’s next chief information officer is filled with pressing concerns to harness the power of emerging technologies and defend the military against those capabilities. On that list: Reevaluate the department’s cybersecurity approach, which has come under question after a major federal government hack. Potentially decide whether to take a new tact with cloud services for the DoD, if a plan for an enterprise-wide cloud doesn’t survive a court challenge.
By Justin Katz
Dec 23, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden, in prepared remarks and a subsequent press conference in Delaware today, called out the Trump administration for failing to prioritize cybersecurity in general, and for downplaying the seriousness of the ongoing breach that has hit multiple federal agencies.
Biden pledged an overwhelming focus on recovery from the SolarWinds hack, adding that the price tag for mitigation could be in the billions of dollars, and said that the perpetrators would have to answer for the breach.
Asked if the attack is an act of war, Biden said it is a grave threat to the United States and the public can be assured that we will respond [to the attack] and probably respond in kind, Biden added.
President-elect Joe Biden, in prepared remarks and a subsequent press conference in Delaware today, called out the Trump administration for failing to prioritize cybersecurity in general, and for downplaying the seriousness of the ongoing breach that has hit multiple federal agencies.
Biden pledged an overwhelming focus on recovery from the SolarWinds hack, adding that the price tag for mitigation could be in the billions of dollars, and said that the perpetrators would have to answer for the breach.
Asked if the attack is an act of war, Biden said it is a grave threat to the United States and the public can be assured that we will respond [to the attack] and probably respond in kind, Biden added.