Requires the Secretary of Defense, via the Chief Information Officer, to revise cybersecurity training for Armed Forces and civilian employees to include AI-related cybersecurity challenges within one year of the Act’s enactment.
Requires the Secretary of Defense, through the Department of Defense's Chief Information Officer, to revise mandatory cybersecurity training.
Includes content addressing unique cybersecurity challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
Sets a deadline of one year from the enactment date of this Act for these revisions to be implemented.
Applies to both members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees within the Department of Defense.
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📜 This document's name is National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Section 1515 ("Incorporation of artificial intelligence considerations into cybersecurity training").
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SEC. 1515. INCORPORATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONSIDERATIONS INTO
CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense, shall revise the mandatory
training on cybersecurity for members of the Armed Forces and civilian
employees of the Department of Defense to include content related to
the unique cybersecurity challenges posed by the use of artificial
intelligence.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to revise mandatory cybersecurity training to include AI-related cybersecurity challenges within one year.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to revise mandatory cybersecurity training to include AI-related cybersecurity challenges within one year.