Sec. 1634. Pilot program on application of consequence-driven, cyber-informed engineering to mitigate against cybersecurity threats to operating technologies of military installations
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Commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of applying consequence-driven, cyber-informed engineering methodologies to the operating technologies of military installations, including industrial control systems, in order to increase the resilience of military installations against cybersecurity threats and prevent or mitigate the potential for high-consequence cyberattacks.
The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program through a research laboratory of the Department of Defense or, with the approval of the Secretary of Energy, a research laboratory of the Department of Energy, selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program. The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at not fewer than two military installations selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program from among military installations supporting the most critical mission-essential functions of the Department of Defense.
The duration of the pilot program shall be two years. Not later than September 30, 2017, and each year thereafter through 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program. Each report under paragraph
(1)shall include, current as of the date of such report, the following: A description of the activities carried out under the pilot program. An assessment of the value of the methodologies applied during the pilot program in increasing the resilience of military installations against cybersecurity threats. The report under paragraph
(1)in 2019 shall also include such recommendations for administrative or legislative action as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the pilot program, including for actions as follows: To apply methodologies identified through the pilot program across the Department of Defense. To require the Armed Forces to build capability of determining whether such methodologies should be included as requirement in applicable future military construction projects.