Cyber

US Army revamps program executive offices to sharpen cyber focus

No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

5 days ago

White House unveils efforts to guide federal research of AI

The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence.

5 days ago

In this image provided by the U.S, Air Force, Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh poses for a photo on Aug. 12, 2022.

Biden nominates Air Force general to lead NSA, Cyber Command

If confirmed, Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the current deputy commander of Cyber Command, would replace Army Gen. Paul Nakasone.

Attendees try out the Caliverse Hyper-Realistic Metaverse experience at the Lotte booth at CES 2023 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada

The next Army recruiting tool amid a slump? It could be the metaverse.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

7 days ago

New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

11 days ago

Australia’s CI-ISAC takes whole-of-nation approach to cybersecurity

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

12 days ago

Combating US cyber adversaries calls for whole-of-government approach

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

13 days ago

How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

3 weeks ago

Hyper-enabling special ops will transform missions

New tech for language and text translation, as well as secure data transfer, gives operators an edge.

3 weeks ago

Marine Innovation Unit tackles some remaining Force Design tech needs

The unit aims to leverage reservists' contacts in the business and tech worlds to quickly solve modernization problems.

3 weeks ago

US cyber team unearths malware during ‘hunt-forward’ mission in Latvia

The Cyber National Mission Force has deployed to 22 countries including Ukraine, ahead of Russia’s invasion, and Albania, following Iranian cyberattacks.

3 weeks ago

Special ops turn to data, space tech to gain ‘decisive advantage’

Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.

3 weeks ago

US busts Russian cyber operation in dozens of countries

The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from U.S. and NATO networks.

3 weeks ago

Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, leader of U.S. Army Cyber Command, gestures as she answers a question May 2, 2023, at the AFCEA TechNet Cyber conference in Baltimore, Maryland. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET)

US cyber leaders look to AI to augment network activities

If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."

4 weeks ago

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, Friday, April 14, 2023.

Zero trust would have helped prevent Pentagon leak, CIO Sherman says

“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”

4 weeks ago

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, now the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, is seen here at the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference in August 2019.

Generative AI providing fuel for hackers, DISA Director Skinner says

Generative AI is “one of the most disruptive” technological developments in a “very long, long time,” DISA's Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said.

4 weeks ago

How the US government can combat Russian disinformation on Ukraine

U.S. support could go a long way toward helping Balkan countries in their attempts to remain autonomous from Russia.

4 weeks ago

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Cross-pollination on AI may be a way forward for US, China

In some cases, collaboration with Chinese developers could build better understanding of AI challenges.

4 weeks ago

Is ‘memory safety’ the killer use case for SBOMs?

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

4 weeks ago

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No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence.

If confirmed, Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the current deputy commander of Cyber Command, would replace Army Gen. Paul Nakasone.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

New tech for language and text translation, as well as secure data transfer, gives operators an edge.

The unit aims to leverage reservists' contacts in the business and tech worlds to quickly solve modernization problems.

The Cyber National Mission Force has deployed to 22 countries including Ukraine, ahead of Russia’s invasion, and Albania, following Iranian cyberattacks.

Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.

The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from U.S. and NATO networks.

If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."

“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”

Generative AI is “one of the most disruptive” technological developments in a “very long, long time,” DISA's Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said.

U.S. support could go a long way toward helping Balkan countries in their attempts to remain autonomous from Russia.

In some cases, collaboration with Chinese developers could build better understanding of AI challenges.

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.