Pentagon lays out plan to secure websites in response to lawmaker inquiry
The Department of Defense says it has a plan to make sure that all of its public-facing websites are configured in a way that doesn’t put the security of their visitors at risk. In a letter responding to a lawmaker dated July 20, DOD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy wrote that the department plans by the end of 2018 to fix issues with trust certificates and encryption that are present across many websites affiliated with it. Certain issues will take longer, he said, will at least have a definitive plan by the end of the year. “The Department is working hard to ensure DoD inspires trust among citizens and partners in its digital interactions across our missions, business, and entitlements roles,” Deasy wrote. Deasy laid out the plan in response to a May letter from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that raised questions about the issue of insecure websites. Wyden initially […]
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