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|    04 Oct 25 08:54:25    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 1550.consprcy@1:2320/105 2d46631f       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       FORMAT: flowed       US Department of War reduces cybersecurity training, tells soldiers to focus       on their mission              Date:       Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:32:00 +0000              Description:       Hegseth cracks down on beards, but relaxes cybersecurity requirements.              FULL STORY              A newly circulated memo from the US Government's Department of War (otherwise       known as the Department of Defense) has actioned the relaxing of        cybersecurity training, despite cracking down on shaving waivers and physical       appearance.               "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 confirms. "Mandatory Department training will be       directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in       frequency, or eliminated."               The memo also calls for military departments to automate information       management systems to eliminate training requirements, as well as reducing        the frequency of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) training.              Training reduction              The US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth argued when personnel are not training        on the mission, the military is less prepared for preventing war in future -        a possibly short-sighted view considering the US Air Force is currently       investigating a data breach thought to have been carried out by Chinese        threat actors.               Alongside the relaxation of training requirements, the Privacy Act Training        is set to be removed from the Common Military Training list - which is        perhaps not surprising given Hegseths rather colorful record with privacy       rules .               The move is also a change in direction from just a few weeks prior, when the       DoD issued a strict new set of cybersecurity rules for potential contractors        . These new regulations introduced three different compliance levels        dependent on the sensitivity of the data they handle, and firms vying for       contracts must be compliant in order to be selected.               Cyberattacks and intrusions are perhaps more prolific than ever, with more        and more of our daily lives becoming digital.                Critical infrastructure sustained 13 attacks per second in 2023, and that       number is only rising - and with human error still the primary intrusion        point in the vast majority of cases, reducing cybersecurity training for       anyone with links to national security is an incredibly risky move by the       Defense Secretary.               ======================================================================       Link to news story:       https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/us-department-of-war-reduces-cybersecur       ity-training-tells-soldiers-to-focus-on-their-mission              $$       --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 206 300 307 317 400 426 428 470       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 705 266/512 291/111 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 712/848 902/26 2320/0 105 304 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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