Enactment of defense policy law starts countdown for a new batch of cyber reports from DHS, DOD

President Biden’s signature on the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act starts the clock on cyber-related reports, strategies and pilot programs from DHS and the Pentagon on issues ranging from collaboration with the private sector to shoring up the security of industrial control systems, supply chains and state and local governments.

This year’s NDAA, signed into law on Dec. 27, includes a variety of incremental steps on cybersecurity addressing potential points of vulnerability within civilian industrial control systems and the...