Manfra said Homeland Security will issue a binding directive soon, after which agencies will have 90 days to implement the new requirements. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has been trying to convince agencies to begin implementing the standards since earlier this year. See, the problem is that some government offices already use at least one of those two security measures, while others don't. In fact, the Pentagon has only started using STARTTLS to protect the military's mail.mil email accounts in July. The directive will ensure all agencies are protected by both -- as they say, better late than never.