Ideas
The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains
DARPA’s developing capabilities still hover at or near a proof-of-concept stage. But that’s close enough to have drawn investment from some of the world’s richest corporations.
Defense Systems
The challenge of providing a common defense in cyberspace
Government leaders should examine how the private sector addresses massive vulnerabilities and inherent instability through collaboration.
Science & Tech
IBM Files Bid Protest Against Pentagon’s JEDI Contract
IBM becomes the second company to file a pre-award bid protest against the Pentagon’s multibillion cloud contract.
Science & Tech
Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’
The future of human performance is a research race, and the U.S. shouldn’t take its lead for granted, the DIA director says.
Science & Tech
Many of the US Military’s Newest Weapons Have Major Cyber Vulnerabilities: GAO
Testers achieved access with simple tools, default passwords, and long lists of known-yet-unfixed vulnerabilities.
Ideas
The White House National Cyber Strategy: Continuity with a Hint of Hyperbole
There seems to be a general consensus that the new cyber strategy is a continuation of existing policy. However, the us-versus-them approach the strategy takes could pose a problem.
Defense Systems
Army looks to bring in cyber pros as colonels
The Army is opening higher ranks and pay grades to cybersecurity specialists who join the Army in hopes of bolstering the cyber mission force.
Science & Tech
Microsoft Announces ‘Secret’ Cloud Capability, Closes In on Amazon
The advancement moves Microsoft closer to competing for the Pentagon’s coveted JEDI top-secret-cloud contract.
Ideas
In California, It’ll Be Illegal to Make Routers With Weak Passwords
A new law covering a wide range of devices will take effect in less than 15 months.
Ideas
Winning “Like War”: A Conversation about Social Media and Conflict with Peter Singer
A new book looks at how “likes” and lies are reshaping the nature of war and peace around the globe. We sat down with the author.
Science & Tech
New Tool Fights Fake News by Exposing the Websites That Create It
MIT and Qatari researchers say it’s easier to expose a liar than debunk each of his lies.
Defense Systems
DOD has lost 4,000 civilian cyber workers in the past year
The Defense Department looks to targeted recruiting and bonuses to check the loss of cyber workers as it expands the Cyber Excepted Service Personnel System.
Threats
US Voting Systems Have ‘Staggering’ Vulnerabilities: Cyber Researchers
The report from DEF CON’s Voting Village found one bug that alone could flip the Electoral College. Another has gone unfixed for 11 years.
Ideas
In Cyberspace, Governments Don’t Know How to Count
NATO’s governments can’t agree on what constitutes a cyber attack, and that’s a big problem.
Defense Systems
DOD previews new cyber strategy
The Defense Department's cyber strategy highlights infrastructure protection and greater reliance on commercial technology to stay competitive.
Threats
Congress’s Quantum Science Bill May Not Keep the US Military Ahead of China
China aims to “leapfrog” US military in 10 years with unhackable computers and stealth-defeating radar.
Defense Systems
Air Force may launch RCO for cyber
The U.S. Air Force is considering a rapid capabilities office to streamline cybersecurity acquisition.
Defense Systems
CYBERCOM building up in-house acquisition capacity
U.S. Cyber Command's contracting office is in its "infancy" with a handful of staff and is looking to expand while showing Congress it knows what it's doing.
Science & Tech
DARPA Wants to Find Botnets Before They Attack
The defense agency awarded a contract to develop a tool that scours the internet for dormant online armies.
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