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Cyber
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has been tapped to gain a fourth star and move into the top job at CYBERCOM and the National Security Agency. If his nomination is approved by the Senate, Haugh would become the first Airman to ...
The arrest of Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira in connection with a recent leak of sensitive documents illustrates the challenge of defending against insider threats.
When it comes to cybersecurity in space organizations, everyone has heard the statement, “Bake it in, don’t bolt it on.” The real question is, “How?” There’s a straightforward answer: good cybersecurity = good systems engineering. For starters, cybersecurity artifacts = systems engineering...
A collection of quotes on Airpower, Space Power & National Security issues.
CyberPatriot is the nation’s largest youth cyber education program and the Air & Space Forces Association’s flagship STEM program for advancing youth cyber skills. The annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition involves more than 5,000 teams from middle and high schools annually.
Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategies, plans and capabilities, reiterated the DOD’s focus on China as the primary military, economic, technological, and diplomatic competitor to the U.S. during a March 1 forum. Speaking at a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) event ...
The Department of Air Force's chief information officer Lauren Knausenberger will soon depart, the Air Force said Feb. 23. Knausenberger, who became CIO in August 2020, is set to leave in June.
The Space Force and the Pentagon have put considerable effort into making proliferating satellite constellations to make them more resilient against attack, but the ground stations and networks that communicate with those satellites pose a “backdoor” risk through which adversaries could potentially attack space capability, ...