At VA, cyber dominance is in, cyber compliance is out

At VA, cyber dominance is in, cyber compliance is out

The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving toward a more operational approach to cybersecurity. This means VA is applying a deeper focus on protecting the attack surfaces and closing off threat vectors that put veterans’ data at risk. Eddie Pool, the acting principal assistant secretary for information and technology and acting principal deputy chief information officer at VA, said the agency is changing its cybersecurity posture to reflect a …