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- Hello.
I'm John Sherman,
Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer
at the Department of Defense.
Secretary Esper kicked off
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month last week
with an important message
on the role each of us plays
when it comes to effective cyber defense.
We must remain vigilant online
in both our personal
and professional lives
in order to protect sensitive information
for the department.
Let's talk a little more about protecting ourselves
and the department online.
If you connect it,
you must protect it.
We all must protect the devices we use daily,
from our laptops and mobile devices
all the way to weapon systems.
We all play a vital role
in securing this tools and capabilities.
The annual cybersecurity awareness training
will provide current information
on the best and most useful tips and guidance
for staying safe and secure online.
I definitely encourage you all
to stay current on the training.
Additionally, cybersecurity remains a key component
within the DOD Digital Modernization Strategy
which also focuses on cloud,
artificial intelligence,
command, control and communications,
known as C3 and data.
This strategy will ensure
that cybersecurity is baked in to every system
and mission at the department.
This year, we have started to implement
a new cyber scorecard
which will directly link
the cyber hygiene health
of critical systems and platforms
with a specific individual and organization
who holds responsibility.
This new effort will ensure
that critical cyber vulnerabilities
are proactively addressed.
As always, our key objective here at the department
is to promote a technological advantage
over our adversaries
and ensure that cyber risk
will not negatively impact
our missions and the war fighters.
We never plan to be in a fair fight
in future conflicts
and ensuring across the board cybersecurity
will deny adversaries an advantage
that we can mitigate right now.
Finally, the bottom line
is whether you are working
from your kitchen table, The Pentagon
or at a base down range,
you hold the key to being cyber smart.
Do your part to protect systems and devices,
it starts with you.
Thank you.
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