Major Pentagon IT Projects Lack Plans to Secure Networks, Supply Chains: GAO
Watchdog also noted cost increases among most of the Defense Department's top 25 IT efforts.
LAUREN C. WILLIAMS | JUNE 21, 2022
CYBER PENTAGON ACQUISITION
The Defense Department should keep better track of its cybersecurity and supply chain risk management plans, according to a recent watchdog report.
The Government Accountability Office found that of the 25 DOD major IT programs it reviewed, only 15 of those programs had a department-approved cybersecurity strategy and just 10 had submitted a system security plan for information-and-communications-technology supply-chain risk management.
The GAO also found that most of DOD's major IT business programs experienced cost or schedule changes between fiscal years 2020 and 2022, ranging from $100,000 to nearly $11 billion. According to a report released June 14, 19 of the 25 programs evaluated "did not fully report progress on their operational performance."
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