Cybersecurity Internet Architecture Is Considered Resilient, but Federal Agencies Continue to Address Risks

Report to the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives

By: United States Government Accountability Office

Narrated by: Tom Brooks

Why GAO did this study.

The internet is a global system of interconnected networks used by billions of people across the world to perform personal, educational, commercial, and governmental tasks. The US Government over time has relinquished its oversight role of the internet. A global, multistakeholder community made up of many organizations shapes internet policy, operations, and security. But the ongoing and increasing reliance on the internet underscores the need to understand the risks to its underlying architecture.

The House Committee on Armed Services Report accompanying the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 included a provision for GAO to examine internet architecture security.

This report:

1. Identifies security risks related to the internet architecture
2. Determines the extent to which US Federal Agencies have taken actions to address security risks to the internet architecture

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