"in a September 30 memo, one of 11 that Hegseth referenced during the now infamous speech at Quantico on the same day. 'The Department of War is committed to enabling our warfighters to focus on their core mission of fighting and winning our Nation's wars without distraction,' the memo [ PDF] reads, using the unofficial but Trump-approved new name for the Defense Department. 'Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated.'"
"Additionally, the memo directs the Defense Department's CIO to automate information management systems, and thus eliminate training requirements for these, and instructs the under secretary to "relax the mandatory frequency for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) training." It is a relief not to see classified information training on the cull list, considering recent cases involving servicemembers leaking - or trying to sell - sensitive information to China, Russia, and even online lovers,"
A September 30 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the department's chief information officer to relax mandatory frequency for cybersecurity training and directed cuts or consolidation of mandatory training unless directly linked to warfighting. The memo renames the department 'Department of War' in its language and says training will be linked to warfighting or consolidated, reduced, or eliminated. The CIO was ordered to automate information management systems to eliminate their training and the under secretary was told to relax CUI training frequency. Privacy Act training on PII handling will be eliminated, raising concerns given recent leaks and attempts to sell classified data.
#cybersecurity-training #controlled-unclassified-information #military-readiness #privacy-act-training
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