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.
How the Pentagon is harnessing 5G for the future fight
The Defense Department’s 5G strategy is written with a sense of urgency: The nations “that master advanced communications technologies and ubiquitous connectivity will have a long-term economic and military advantage,” its unclassified, public pages read.
Why the Army CIO wants data upgrades now
“You could have the world’s best weapon systems, you could have the world’s best army,” Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer said. “But our advantage in the future is going to be how well and how quickly we’re able to synthesize” data and share it.
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.”
