Pentagon will soon hold contractors to elevated cyber standards

Fedscoop: The Defense Department in recent years has implemented heightened cybersecurity regulations to protect its sensitive data, and now it must hold its industry partners to the same standards as they face the same threats, the Pentagon’s top IT official said Friday.

“The cyberthreat is not going away; we have to defend our networks and systems, and you’re part of that defense,” acting DOD CIO John Zangardi said. “DOD is facing the same threats that you are. And with these regulations, we are asking to implement some of the same defenses as we are implementing for the department’s networks.”

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