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Defense Industry Struggles With Rapidly Evolving Cyber Threats
The rise of AI-driven cyberattacks is creating a significant challenge for the defense industry, with vulnerabilities being discovered and exploited at an unprecedented rate. According to speakers at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s DODIIS show, the speed of patching is becoming a major operational problem, with government networks unable to be taken offline every time software needs to be updated. The issue was highlighted by multiple officials, including Roger Greenwell, CIO of the Defense Information Systems Agency, who noted that the burden of patching is putting a heavy strain on personnel. This was reported by Breaking Defense.