The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 has been signed into law. It authorizes a $717 billion national defense budget, and includes wide-ranging provisions on cybersecurity aimed a such things as: enhancing the military’s ability respond to cyber attacks, protecting the IT supply chain, and encouraging greater public-private collaboration.
The Act establishes a more aggressive posture on U.S. cybersecurity policy, stating that “all instruments of national power” will be used to defend, deter, and respond to significant cyber threats.