DOD and DHS Need More Collaboration on Cybersecurity Issues

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DOD and DHS Need More Collaboration on Cybersecurity Issues
July 16, 2021
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/dod-dhs-need-more-collaboration-on-cybersecurity-issues-a-17090

A greater level of cooperation is needed between the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that U.S. critical infrastructure is protected against various cyberthreats, according to an inspector general's report released this week.

The report recommends that both the Defense Department and DHS complete the obligations outlined in a 2018 memorandum that both departments signed, which includes details of responses to a variety of cyberthreats that threatened American critical infrastructure.
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Specifically, the report recommends that the Joint DOD-DHS Cyber Protection and Defense Steering Group create milestones to track the progress of completing the 2018 agreement and that both departments do tracking to ensure the agreement is being implemented.

"Specific to the 2018 memorandum, the lack of an implementation plan could result in DOD officials not providing the level of assistance to the DHS needed for the DOD and the DHS to conduct joint operations to protect critical infrastructure; support state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; and jointly defend military and civilian networks from cyber threats," according to the inspector general's report, which was published on July 9, but declassified this week.
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Regardless, the inspector general report urges both the DOD and DHS to fully implement the cyber plans outlined in the 2018 agreement.

" Without an implementation plan that clearly defines roles and responsibilities and identifies milestones and completion dates, the DOD may not be able to sustain collaboration with the DHS in protecting the nation's critical infrastructure," according to the report.
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