Cyber

Biden, Trudeau must expand binational action to bolster cybersecurity

Biden’s visit to Canada to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week will be an opportunity to expand on cybersecurity cooperation.

21 hours ago

First wave of tech to defend Guam from newer threats due in 2024

The architecture to defend Gaum from complex missile threats will begin to take shape on the island with the delivery of launchers and radars next year.

4 days ago

Battlefield Tech

Marines accelerate Force Design transformation in FY24 budget request

The commandant also previewed his wish list, which will go to lawmakers later this month.

Modern ‘shock and awe’ would be defined by aging jets, new tactics

“We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe."

4 days ago

US Army chief wants three multidomain task force units in the Pacific

Most of the multidomain task forces would focus on the region, if the Army chief has his way.

6 days ago

Activists, Pentagon spar over sharing evidence of Russian war crimes

The Pentagon is reportedly blocking the sharing of evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and human rights groups are not happy.

6 days ago

Taylor Swift-based passwords harm cybersecurity, report says

Swift’s highly anticipated 10th album “Midnights” resulted in many passwords including “taylor,” “swiftie” and “midnights.”

7 days ago

New, in-house software factory will train Marines as coders

Marines at the factory will get a year of training in software development and receive an application developer military occupational specialty.

7 days ago

Personnel pose for photos in the cyber operations center at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020.

Pentagon seeks 21% boost in cyberspace spending

The fiscal 2024 budget blueprint arrives days after the Biden administration shared its latest national cybersecurity strategy.

8 days ago

Vendors demonstrate their technologies at Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic headquarters during an Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, or ANTX, that concluded Sept. 16, 2022.

Pentagon wants to spur cyber talent exchange with tech industry

“We want to move from rewarding longevity" to a system that allows individuals to go out for three years "and come back, without penalty."

11 days ago

Inside Indo-Pacific Command’s $87 billion wish list to deter China

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China.

12 days ago

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the 7th Fleet, speaks to the crew of mine-countermeasures ship during a tour in June 2022.

Biden taps 7th Fleet commander Thomas for information warfare post

If confirmed, Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas would succeed Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, who took the post in June 2020.

13 days ago

Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 07, 2023.

Russia remains a ‘very capable’ cyber adversary, Nakasone says

“By no means is this done, in terms of the Russia-Ukraine situation,” Gen. Paul Nakasone told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

14 days ago

US sees China propaganda efforts becoming more like Russia’s

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who chairs a congressional committee on China, said Chinese influence operations are part of a "cognitive warfare" strategy.

2 weeks ago

Airman 1st Class Christopher Crocker provides security from a turret of a Humvee during an exercise at a launch facility, March 19, 2021, near Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

US nuclear bases to get security networking upgrade from Persistent

The contract, involving the Persistent Systems Infrastructure-based Regional Operation Network, or IRON, is valued at $75.5 million.

2 weeks ago

U.S. Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Craig Martell speaks at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in Texas.

The opposite of Silicon Valley: How Feds expect to use AI/ML

The government is buying AI technology experimentally with the focus on research-based deals as opposed to hardware or software contracts.

3 weeks ago

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden listen as Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi speaks during a virtual meeting at the White House in April 2022.

Biden vows to wield ‘all instruments’ in fighting cyberthreats

The strategy calls out China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others for “reckless disregard for the rule of law and human rights in cyberspace."

3 weeks ago

Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force, listens to a question Feb. 28, 2023, at an event hosted by Billington Cybersecurity.

ChatGPT can make short work of Pentagon tasks, Air Force CIO says

OpenAI's ChatGPT surpassed 1 million registered users within a week of its launch in late 2022.

3 weeks ago

European firms line up behind push for secure SATCOM standard

The program's goal is to design a new secure and resilient waveform standard that will help EU armed forces tackle increased throughput demand.

3 weeks ago

Col. Candice Frost, commander of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center at U.S. Cyber Command, gestures as she speaks Feb. 28, 2023, at an event hosted by Billington Cybersecurity.

US Cyber Command developing own intelligence hub

The center was previously teased by CYBERCOM’s director of intelligence, Brig. Gen. Matteo Martemucci.

3 weeks ago

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Biden’s visit to Canada to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week will be an opportunity to expand on cybersecurity cooperation.

The architecture to defend Gaum from complex missile threats will begin to take shape on the island with the delivery of launchers and radars next year.

The commandant also previewed his wish list, which will go to lawmakers later this month.

“We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe."

Most of the multidomain task forces would focus on the region, if the Army chief has his way.

The Pentagon is reportedly blocking the sharing of evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and human rights groups are not happy.

Swift’s highly anticipated 10th album “Midnights” resulted in many passwords including “taylor,” “swiftie” and “midnights.”

Marines at the factory will get a year of training in software development and receive an application developer military occupational specialty.

The fiscal 2024 budget blueprint arrives days after the Biden administration shared its latest national cybersecurity strategy.

“We want to move from rewarding longevity" to a system that allows individuals to go out for three years "and come back, without penalty."

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China.

If confirmed, Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas would succeed Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, who took the post in June 2020.

“By no means is this done, in terms of the Russia-Ukraine situation,” Gen. Paul Nakasone told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who chairs a congressional committee on China, said Chinese influence operations are part of a "cognitive warfare" strategy.

The contract, involving the Persistent Systems Infrastructure-based Regional Operation Network, or IRON, is valued at $75.5 million.

The government is buying AI technology experimentally with the focus on research-based deals as opposed to hardware or software contracts.

The strategy calls out China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others for “reckless disregard for the rule of law and human rights in cyberspace."

OpenAI's ChatGPT surpassed 1 million registered users within a week of its launch in late 2022.

The program's goal is to design a new secure and resilient waveform standard that will help EU armed forces tackle increased throughput demand.

The center was previously teased by CYBERCOM’s director of intelligence, Brig. Gen. Matteo Martemucci.