Slipshod Cybersecurity for U.S. Defense Dept. Weapons Systems

After decades of DoD recalcitrance, the Government Accountability Office has given up making recommendations in favor of public shaming

Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released yet another report on the state of the U.S. Department of Defense’s cybersecurity. The GAO’s conclusions can be summed up in two words: unsurprisingly abysmal. The report states, “Nearly all major acquisition programs that were operationally tested between 2012 and 2017 had mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities that adversaries could compromise.”

In addition, the report asserts that the Defense Department “does not know the full extent of its weapon systems cyber vulnerabilities due to limitations on tests that have been conducted.” It pretty much goes downhill from there.