Read ‘Em All: Pentagon’s 193 Mind-Numbing Cybersecurity Regs | Danger Room | Wired.com.

According to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Identity & Information Assurance (DASD CIIA) there are 119 different information security documents published by the Department of Defense (including the NIST SP 800 series). DASD CIIA helpfully published a two-foot long chart to help you make sense of it all.

Perhaps they ought to take a look at the SANS 20 Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense. The whole thing is only 58 pages.