Colin Demarest
Colin Demarest was a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covered military networks, cyber and IT. Colin had previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer.
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Former CYBERCOM boss Nakasone to lead Vanderbilt defense institute
The move follows a yearslong stint overseeing elite military hackers and global intelligence collection.
US sending Ukraine electronic jamming gear in $150M package
The equipment will be siphoned from American defense stocks, marking the ninth drawdown for Ukraine since August 2021.
Anduril Industries in talks with Australia on autonomous undersea vehicle
The company billed the Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle as affordable, durable and capable of executing military and non-military missions.
US cyber squad boosts Lithuanian defenses amid Russian threat
Such operations offer a “key asymmetric advantage that our adversaries don’t have,” according to Army Maj. Gen. Joe Hartman, the Cyber National Mission Force commander.
NSA cyber boss seeks to discourage vigilante hacking against Russia
“This certainly isn’t going to make the State Department discussions with Russia of ‘you need to hold your people accountable’ any easier.”
Pentagon must advance AI to stay ahead of rivals, industry execs tell Congress
“Put simply,” Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said May 3, “our adversaries are going to use AI against us, so we must use AI to defend against them.”
Pentagon finds hundreds of cyber vulnerabilities among contractors
The campaign launched in April 2021 with 14 participating companies and 141 publicly accessible assets to probe. Interest quickly ballooned; 41 companies and nearly 350 assets were eventually admitted.
Feared Russian cyberattacks against US have yet to materialize
“The threat environment isn’t getting any less dynamic, less complex, less dangerous,” said CISA Director Jen Easterly. And the “threat actors are not getting any less sophisticated.”
US Army wraps review of ‘future battlespace’ network tools
“In previous wars, the difference between a good decision and a bad decision may be minutes,” the general said. “In the future battlespace, that difference between a good decision and a bad decision may be seconds or milliseconds.”
Biden nominates Haugh as CYBERCOM deputy
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh is also considered a potential successor to Gen. Paul Nakasone, the current commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency.
