The U.S. Air Force laid out a list of steps it is taking to better protect and regulate access to classified data in the wake of last summer’s “Discord” breach that exposed to the public hundreds of classified military and intelligence agency documents, according to a Dec. 11 report that details the service branch’s responses to the breach. […]

The Defense Department (DoD) said it plans to take a lengthy list of actions to improve internal data security protocols – including some “immediate” improvements on physical security and data sharing – following a 45-day review launched in April to examine how secret information is handled and managed by the military. […]