Pentagon’s ‘Do Not Buy’ List Targets Russian, Chinese Software
- Effort began six months ago amid rising cyber security fears
- Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord discusses threats
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The Pentagon has an expanding “do-not-buy” software list to eliminate equipment of Russian and Chinese origin, according to Ellen Lord, the Defense Department’s acquisitions chief.
The Defense Department started putting the list together six months ago and had to work closely with the intelligence community to identify the equipment and pinpoint origin, Lord told reporters at the Pentagon on Friday.