President Donald Trump signed an executive order on cybersecurity Thursday that requires a series of assessments and reports from various federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. The order requires DOD to work on a total of seven new reports...
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Two retired Air Force generals and a retired admiral told Congress Thursday that US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency should be separated. “NSA is a crucial component of the intelligence community, and I don’t believe it’s healthy for...
Retired senior military leaders told Congress Thursday the US must demonstrate its offensive cyber capabilities in order to effectively deter adversaries from launching more cyber attacks on the US. “Using an appropriate, demonstrative, offensive capability can have a wonderfully clarifying...
Despite an increasing need to grow the ranks of cyber operators in the US military, the Pentagon should not create a separate service to focus on online operations, the head of US Cyber Command told lawmakers Tuesday. Adm. Mike Rogers,...
Human personnel alone cannot adequately respond to the cyber threats facing the US military today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told Congress Wednesday. “This is an area where we will not be able to solve it with people,” he...
The Air Force Association announced the winners of the CyberPatriot IX National Finals Competition, held earlier this month in Baltimore. North Hollywood, Calif., High School’s team “Togo” won the national championship in the Open Division, as well as the Leidos...
The Air Force is about to get faster in developing cyber defense capabilities, top generals in the Office of Information Dominance said Thursday. The key challenge in cyber warfare is “the new pace of change” at which adversaries develop cyber...
The most recent iteration of the “Hack the Pentagon” program, which ended on Feb. 7, found numerous weaknesses in an internal DOD system for the first time, Bloomberg reported. California-based Synack Inc. was paid $4 million to conduct three years...
The Senate Armed Services Committee officially announced membership for its subcommittees Monday, including a new Subcommittee on Cybersecurity. The subcommittee will be chaired by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), who said it “will be tasked with oversight and legislation for policies...