Opinion
Pentagon aims high, hits target with DIB cybersecurity strategy
The concept of setting segmented, specialized objectives as a way to ultimately reach the daunting goal of a Zero Trust architecture is on display here.
By Shannon Vaughn
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Ukraine comms struggles spur European hunger for L3Harris radios
Reliable, low-profile means of relaying battlefield information have become a linchpin for fighting in Eastern Europe.
US Army awards $774 million encryption device contract
Two vendors were named to the Next Generation Load Device-Medium after the Army delayed the contract to reassess its acquisition strategy.
By Andrew Eversden
DISA starts to monitor quantum-resistant encryption capabilities
The agency's emerging technology directorate outlined several new priority areas for fiscal 2021.
By Andrew Eversden
Army delays final RFP of encryption device
The Army might modify the request for proposals to increase competition.
By Andrew Eversden
New encryption devices now available for Five Eyes partners
The United States government has approved new encryption devices developed by Viasat for broader use among Five Eyes partners.
By Nathan Strout
US attorney general says encryption creates security risk
Attorney General William Barr's comments at a cybersecurity conference mark a continuing effort by the Justice Department to push tech companies to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted devices and applications during investigations.
At RSA, governments still prove to be more powerful than cyber
The ‘S’ in RSA is missing. One of the namesake cryptographers at the venerable security conference was barred from attending by immigration authorities, casting a shadow of state power over the whole affair.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
How the Pentagon’s new cloud initiative ignores the quantum threat
A mindset that ignores how emerging technologies will interact risks America falling increasingly behind the pace of its competitors.
By Tom Keelan
DHS wants more secure call encryption for feds
The Department of Homeland Security wants to conduct research on an end-to-end secure phone call platform for the government to communicate for unclassified and official use calls.
By Justin Lynch
‘The best piece of legislation’ in DC is about quantum computing
Rep. Will Hurd warned that Russia and China are sucking up encrypted communications in the hopes of retroactively reading them after they achieve encryption-breaking quantum computing capabilities.
By Mark Pomerleau
The US made the wrong bet on radiofrequency, and now it could pay the price
“It’s not that we disarmed, it’s that we took a path that they have now figured out," Gen. Paul Selva said.
By Aaron Mehta