DOD's Information Assurance Efforts

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to protect and defend its information and information systems, focusing on: (1) the actions DOD has taken to implement the recommendations contained in the Defense Science Board task force's November 1996 report on information warfare defense; (2) DOD's development of an information assurance management process; and (3) DOD's adoption of a new information assurance certification and accreditation process.