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Security, personnel systems top DoD and intel concerns in 2015
Federal News Radio counts down our 10 most-read Defense and Intelligence Community stories from 2015.
9. New consequences for sailors who violate Navy cyber rules
Beginning in the next few months, sailors throughout the Navy’s fleet can expect to see new and more consistent consequences when they violate the service’s cybersecurity policies — whether intentionally or not.
The service is in the process of building new “templates” that will instruct its commanders on the range of accountability measures they should impose on service members who run afoul of well-publicized regulations designed to protect Navy networks. The move was borne out of service leaders’ realization that while some sailors were punished for violations such as plugging a USB drive into a government computer, those decisions were dependent almost entirely on whether or not a particular local commander put a premium on cybersecurity and treated violations seriously. Read more.
Although the Defense budget drove much of the conversation at the end of 2016, the Pentagon and Intelligence Community focused on updating personnel systems and the security clearance process through much of the year. Here are the top 10 DoD and intelligence stories our readers cared most about in 2015.
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