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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-brown-announce-senate-passed-fy-2021-ndaa-conference-report | Portman, Brown Announce Senate-Passed FY 2021 NDAA Conference Report Includes Bipartisan Provision Requiring DoD Reporting of Cybersecurity Partnerships with Academia | 2020-12-11 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Republican | Senate | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Portman, Brown Announce Senate-Passed FY 2021 NDAA Conference Report Includes Bipartisan Provision Requiring DoD Reporting of Cybersecurity Partnerships with Academia Collaboration with Universities will Help Military Accelerate Development of Capacity to Defend U.S. National Security Interests in Cyberspace December 11, 2020 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DCToday, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Senate-passed FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act conference report includes their bipartisan provision to support cybersecurity initiatives between the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. academic institutions. Specifically, this provision would require DoD to report on their efforts to work with consortia of academic researchers in the development of cybersecurity capabilities for DoD systems. The University of Cincinnati (UC) is a member of one such consortium. The legislation now heads to the president's desk to be signed into law. I'm pleased the Senate-passed NDAA conference report includes this bipartisan provision to require DoD to report on their efforts to work with university consortia to ensure DoD capabilities are secure. Cyberspace is increasingly becoming the battlefield of the Information Age, and it is incumbent upon the Department of Defense to develop its capacity to defend U.S. national security interests in this dynamic frontier, said Portman. By partnering with universities like the University of Cincinnati, which already conducts important work in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, our military will be able to accelerate that process and ensure it is better prepared to defend against cyberattacks on DoD systems. I hope the president signs this important legislation into law soon. Ensuring our military is capable of combating cybersecurity threats is of the utmost importance to our national security. The Defense Department should be partnering with premiere schools like the University of Cincinnati to develop innovative and effective methods to protect against cyber threats and attacks. This provision will encourage and incentivize more of these partnerships, which benefit both DOD and our colleges and universities,said Brown. NOTE: In the FY 2020 NDAA, Congress required DOD to create and publish a roadmap of DOD science and technology (S&T) capabilities that contribute to the development of cyber capabilities. The bill also required DOD to produce annual reports for the next three fiscal years to report on their efforts to develop cyber capabilities. This provision builds upon that annual report requirement to expand it to include efforts with university consortia. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |