Sec. 1718. Guidance regarding securing laboratories of the Armed Forces
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, issue guidance throughout the Department regarding methods and processes to secure laboratories of the Armed Forces from— unauthorized access and intrusion; damage to, and destruction, manipulation, or theft of, physical and digital laboratory assets; accidental or intentional release or disclosure of sensitive information; and cyber sabotage.
At a minimum, the methods and processes required under subsection
(a)shall include guidance to— secure laboratory operations through zero trust principles; control access of devices to laboratory information networks; secure inventory management processes; control or limit access to laboratories of the Armed Forces to authorized individuals; maintain the security and integrity of data libraries, repositories, and other digital assets; report and remediate cyber incidents or other unauthorized intrusions; train and educate personnel of the Department on laboratory security; develop an operations security (OPSEC) plan to secure laboratory operations that can be used to implement the appropriate countermeasures given the mission, assessed risk, and resources available to the unit and provides guidelines for implementation of routine procedures and measures to be employed during daily operations or activities of the unit; and develop and train applicable units on individualized secure laboratory critical information and indicator lists to aid in protecting critical information about Department activities, intentions, capabilities, or limitations that an adversary seeks to gain a military, political, diplomatic, economic, or technological advantage.