Lt. Col. Daniel Schoeni: Slow acquisition process hinders cyber defense

Cyber attacks travel at the speed of light and nothing the military has can keep up, least of all the acquisition process.

An F-22 Raptor can fly at 1,500 miles per hour, and an intercontinental ballistic missile travels at 15,000 miles per hour. But cyber attacks travel at the speed of light and nothing the military has can keep up, least of all the acquisition process. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Schoeni, a judge-advocate in the 12th Air Force at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that’s a big hindrance to better cyber defenses.

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