The Justice Department‘s criminal division will soon have a dedicated cybersecurity group that will give legal guidance on electronic surveillance cases and collaborate with U.S. lawmakers on cyber legislation, The Hill reported Thursday. Cory Bennett writes that Assistant Attorney General
MoreAn unmanned Orion spacecraft completed its maiden test flight Friday, a 4.5-hour excursion intended to provide data for NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers to assess the capsule’s potential for manned space exploration.
MoreA new report by the Center for a New American Security outlines China’s cybersecurity strategy in the political, economic and military arenas and the development of supporting infrastructure in the past 30 years.
MoreThe U.S. Transportation Command has partnered with intelligence and law enforcement agencies to form a joint command-and-control center that works to protect its computer systems and data from cyber threats, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea
MoreAn unmanned version of NASA‘s Orion spacecraft launched after 7 a.m. Eastern time Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to carry out a test flight to determine its potential for
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The Pentagon is developing an operational framework to allow the U.S. Cyber Command and the Defense Information Systems Agency to cooperate on oversight and defense of military networks, SIGNAL Magazine reported Monday.
MoreSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has highlighted cybersecurity, cost-plus contracts and the sequestration as top focus areas as he prepares to take the chairmanship of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense News reported Wednesday. John Bennett
MoreThe Los Alamos National Laboratory has updated its Sequedex bioinformatics software that works to identify DNA sequences from viruses and other microorganisms to aid medical treatment, research and diagnosis functions. LANL said Monday
MoreA new report from Cylance has described how Iran works to carry out attacks on critical infrastructures worldwide. Stuart McClure, CEO and president of Cylance, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday those attackers “are fortifying their hold on
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is exploring big data as a tool to mitigate the potential risk of new Ebola cases in the U.S. by monitoring travel from affected regions, FedScoop reported Tuesday.
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