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Here are the intelligence community’s top 6 priorities
The IC has developed a new vision called IC 2025.
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For help with election hacking, states call the National Guard
States' governors have recently asked the National Guard to help out with election security events.
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What automation means for battlefield computing
Soldiers on the battlefield need to be able to make decisions quickly and that means having access to sophisticated IT solutions.
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The Department of Defense is going to MARS (Just not that one)
The Department of Defense is working to replace it's global intelligence repository database with a new system it calls MARS.
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A critical top secret intel network needs to evolve
Military officials rely on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System, but voiced it is being stretched beyond its initial capacity.
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Here’s what an intel chief thinks industry needs to know
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shared thoughts on how technologies can be developed to support future operating environments.
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A new generation of intelligence collaborative tools is coming
Building on successes of previous years, the intelligence community CIO articulated a "second epoch" for the IC IT Enterprise, or IC ITE.
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Does the US have what it takes to be No. 1 in electronic warfare?
According to one top U.S. general, the capabilities are there, they just need to be practiced on a more consistent basis. Others, however, are worried about the EW race.
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To win future conflicts, combatant commands must be integrated
The head of STRATCOM shared a future vision in which capabilities from the multiple functional combatant commands are integrated.
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The key to the intelligence in the future
Moving forward, intelligence should be more predictive and help potentially help prevent crises.
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How the data revolution is changing Special Operations Command
Going forward, Special Operations Command will look to leverage open source information for intelligence collection, more so than information gained through classified channels.
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IC ITE is about changing the way the intelligence community does business
The intelligence community's IC IT Enterprise is more than a modernization effort.
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Here’s how the IC’s newest cyber center informs decision-makers
The newest of ODNI’s four multi-agency centers seeks to build a better understanding of foreign cyberthreats to U.S. national interest and to enable informed decision-making.
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3 pressing requirements for Marine Corps intelligence
The director of intelligence for the Marine Corps spoke at the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference about what he needs in order to fight and win in the environment of the future.
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Intelligence community pursues next-gen mobility
Next-generation cloud capabilities are improving how intelligence analysts perform their duties and process, exploit and disseminate critical information.
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America’s top 4 cyberspace foes
Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, provided an in-depth review of tactics, techniques and procedures of the top adversaries facing the U.S. in cyberspace at DoDIIS Worldwide 2017.
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DIA official to AI: Show your work
In today's connected world, everything is hackable, even artificial intelligence.
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