Engineers at the U.S. Army have developed a gun-based platform designed to counter threats posed by unmanned aerial systems, mortars, artillery and rockets, the service branch said Thursday. A research team at New
MoreThe U.S. Army is looking at ideas for a “solid” network infrastructure to facilitate secure communications and interaction across the service in support of mission command, the Army reported Thursday. Lora Strum writes that
MoreLt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, the U.S. Army‘s chief information officer, has said he believes a common protected data infrastructure is an “operational imperative” for all four U.S. military branches, the Army News
MoreReps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Steve Russell (R-Okla.) plan to introduce a bill to transfer stewardship of federal security clearance records from the Office of Personnel Management to another agency. The two
MoreThe Office of Personnel Management‘s impact assessment on the recent hacking of its records systems found that 22.1 million federal employees and contractors had their personal information compromised, ABC News reported Thursday.
MoreA Government Accountability Office leader has identified the current cyber challenges facing federal agencies and the governmentwide initiatives that can help them strengthen cybersecurity amid evolving threats in testimony before lawmakers. Gregory Wilshusen, director
MoreDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has urged Congress to authorize the Einstein cyber intrusion and prevention program and also remove what he views as legal barriers remain in the programâs deployment, Nextgov
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Maarten Bron, director of innovations at Underwriters Laboratories, has confirmed that UL is in talks with the Obama administration to introduce a certification standard intended to safeguard Internet-connected devices from cyber threats,
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The U.S. Interior Department has ordered its employees to use a smart card and password when they log into the department’s computer network as part of an effort to strengthen cybersecurity, Nextgov
MoreThe National Treasury Employees Union has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Office of Personnel Management for the recent hacking of federal employees’ private information, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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