Title: Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019
This bill requires each military department to designate a Principal Cyber Advisor, responsible for advising each department on cyber forces, cyber programs, and cybersecurity matters, including those relating to weapons systems, enabling infrastructure, the defense industrial base, and Department of Defense information services. The bill directs each department to review its current governance model for cybersecurity no later than January 1, 2021.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1798 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1798

To improve cyber governance structures in the Department of Defense and 
 to require designation of principal advisors on military cyber force 
                    matters, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2019

  Mr. Rounds (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve cyber governance structures in the Department of Defense and 
 to require designation of principal advisors on military cyber force 
                    matters, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Principal 
Cyber Advisors Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CYBER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND PRINCIPAL ADVISORS ON MILITARY 
              CYBER FORCE MATTERS.

    (a) Designation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military 
        department shall designate a Principal Cyber Advisor to act as 
        the principal advisor to the Secretary of the military 
        department on the cyber forces, cyber programs, and 
        cybersecurity matters of the military department, including 
        matters relating to weapons systems, enabling infrastructure, 
        and the defense industrial base.
            (2) Nature of position.--Each Principal Cyber Advisor 
        position under paragraph (1) shall be a senior civilian 
        leadership position.
    (b) Responsibilities Principal Cyber Advisors.--Each Principal 
Cyber Advisor of a military department shall be responsible for 
advising the Secretary of the military department and coordinating and 
overseeing the implementation of policy, strategies, sustainment, and 
plans on the following:
            (1) The resourcing and training of the military cyber 
        forces of the military department and ensuring that such 
        resourcing and training meets the needs of United States Cyber 
        Command.
            (2) Acquisition of offensive and defensive cyber 
        capabilities for the military cyber forces of the military 
        department.
            (3) Cybersecurity management and operations of the military 
        department.
            (4) Acquisition of cybersecurity tools and capabilities for 
        the cybersecurity service providers of the military department.
            (5) Improving and enforcing a culture of cybersecurity 
        warfighting and responsibility throughout the military 
        department.
    (c) Administrative Matters.--
            (1) Designation of individuals.--In designating a Principal 
        Cyber Adviser under subsection (a), the Secretary of a military 
        department may designate an individual in an existing position 
        in the military department.
            (2) Coordination.--The Principal Cyber Advisor of a 
        military department shall work in close coordination with the 
        Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense, the Chief 
        Information Officer of the Department, relevant military 
        service chief information officers, and other relevant military 
        service officers to ensure service compliance with the 
        Department of Defense Cyber Strategy.
    (d) Responsibility to the Senior Acquisition Executives.--In 
addition to the responsibilities set forth in subsection (b), the 
Principal Cyber Advisor of a military department shall be responsible 
for advising the senior acquisition executive of the military 
department and, as determined by the Secretary of the military 
department, for advising and coordinating and overseeing the 
implementation of policy, strategies, sustainment, and plans for--
            (1) cybersecurity of the industrial base; and
            (2) cybersecurity of Department of Defense information 
        systems and information technology services, including how 
        cybersecurity threat information is incorporated and the 
        development of cyber practices, cyber testing, and mitigation 
        of cybersecurity risks.
    (e) Review of Current Responsibilities.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2021, each 
        Secretary of a military department shall review the military 
        department's current governance model for cybersecurity with 
        respect to current authorities and responsibilities.
            (2) Elements.--Each review under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) An assessment of whether additional changes 
                beyond the designation of a Principal Cyber Advisor 
                pursuant to subsection (a) are required.
                    (B) Consideration of whether the current governance 
                structure and assignment of authorities--
                            (i) enable effective top-down governance;
                            (ii) enable effective Chief Information 
                        Officer and Chief Information Security Officer 
                        action;
                            (iii) are adequately consolidated so that 
                        the authority and responsibility for 
                        cybersecurity risk management is clear and at 
                        an appropriate level of seniority;
                            (iv) provides authority to a single 
                        individual to certify compliance of Department 
                        information systems and information technology 
                        services with all current cybersecurity 
                        standards; and
                            (v) support efficient coordination across 
                        the military departments and services, the 
                        Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense 
                        Information Systems Agency, and United States 
                        Cyber Command.
    (f) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2021, each Secretary of a 
military department shall brief the congressional defense committees on 
the findings of the Secretary with respect to the review conducted by 
the Secretary under subsection (e).
    (g) Definition of Congressional Defense Committees.--In this 
section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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