Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, commander of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, said Wednesday the organization needs bolster its strategy for hiring talent and procuring tools, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Nicole Blake Johnson
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is sponsoring a cyber contest where contestants develop automatic network defense systems, C4ISR & Networks reports. Michael Peck writes that contestants of DARPA’s first grand challenge will devise
MoreThe Defense Information Systems Agency has migrated more than 10,000 staff email accounts in the Office of Secretary of Defense and 2,000 Southern Command users to the agency’s private, cloud-based email system. DISA
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a draft cybersecurity framework intended to act as guidance for service providers to manage cybersecurity risks, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller
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The White House has enlisted computer experts from public and private sector organizations to help address technical issues on the federally-run health insurance exchange site Healthcare.gov, USA Today reported Wednesday. Kelly Kennedy
MoreAn experimental communication system on board a NASA lunar probe has used laser pulses to send data back to Earth at speeds of up to 622 megabits per second. The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration
MoreThe U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Alcoa have teamed up to engineer an aluminum hull for ground combat vehicles with the goal of protecting troops from threats. The team aims to build a
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The Department of Homeland Security and SANS Institute have partnered to train chief information security officers and their staffs on DHS’ continuous diagnostics and monitoring program, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller
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The Defense Department has supplied technologies to a national center funded by the Department of Health and Human Services that works to help defend the U.S. against diseases and threats, American Forces Press Service
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A new MeriTalk survey of 100 federal government cybersecurity workers says close to three quarters of professionals have put data theft prevention at the top of their list of priorities. Seventy-four percent
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