Evaluation of Cybersecurity Controls on the DoD’s Secure Unclassified Network

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Army Research Laboratory, in conjunction with the Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Adelphi Contracting Division conduct a review of the enterprise requirements and the performance work statement to determine whether the scope of the current contract should be revised to clearly support the Secure Unclassified Network's cybersecurity requirements and authority to operate.

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Executive Director of the Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Adelphi Contracting Division, in conjunction with the requiring activities, conduct a review to determine whether a representative from the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate, or any future designated Secure Unclassified Network system owner and/or program office that controls SUNet's Authority to Operate, should be the assistant or alternate contracting officer's representative on the SUNet infrastructure contract and any contracts providing services that rely upon SUNet's infrastructure.