At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council will conduct a 12-month classified study to review the U.S. Navy’s cyber defense capabilities. In addition to reviewing cyber defense-related studies conducted within and outside the U.S. government, the study will:

(1) Review U.S. Navy information technology modernization plans and processes with respect to the evolving threat and robustness to cyber attack, and identify any shortcomings;
(2) Recommend any immediate operational and technical mitigation strategies needed to address any shortcomings identified above, as well as recommend any future mitigation strategies, including any architectural and procedural changes that would lead to more resilient naval systems and more robust network and communications capabilities given the evolving threat;

(3) Review and assess the adequacy of current Department of the Navy policies, strategies, approaches, and investments in comparison to the findings and recommendations to both (1) and (2) above; and

(4) Identify any other critical issue--not addressed in this study--that the U.S. Navy should consider addressing in subsequent studies.