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Final Version of NDAA Directs White House, DoD To Update Cyber Strategies

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 15th, 2017

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The final version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2018 calls on the White House to develop a national cyber warfare policy and directs the Department of Defense to address lagging information technology (IT) modernization efforts.Conference negotiations on the final version of the $700 billion fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) concluded Nov. 8, and the final bill will fully fund $8.7 billion for DoD cyber operations.“The committees have long expressed their concern with the lack of an…

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