Defense Systems

White House unhappy with NDAA's cyber strategy demand

President Trump indicates he's opposed to a congressional demand for a cybersecurity strategy in the 2018 defense bill.

Science & Tech

LA Cyber Center Hopes to Be a Model for Cities Nationwide

During the past four years, Los Angeles has centralized its cyber operations using models developed by the federal government and industry sectors.

Threats

Okay, Say Someone Hacks into the US Power Grid. Then What?

A joint research project between the Department of Energy and a geographic analytics company is mapping just how far the repercussions could spread.

Defense Systems

Army looks to fast-track cyber talent into service

U.S. Army Cyber Command is launching a pilot program to pluck developers, data scientists and engineers from the workforce to face off against U.S. adversaries.

Ideas

As AI and Cyber Race Ahead, the State Department Is Falling Behind

Technology is reshaping the global order. America’s diplomats need to start thinking ahead.

Science & Tech

The Promise and Peril of Trump's Cyber Strategy

Continuity on most cyber policies masks a growing erosion of global cyber norms.

Science & Tech

Which Bugs Will Hackers Exploit First? Machine Learning Promises a Better Guess

Most vulnerabilities are known; defenders need a better way to know which ones pose an imminent threat.

Science & Tech

White House Speeds Up Decisions on Disclosing Dangerous Software Bugs

More agencies will be invited to the table, and more quickly, Trump’s cyber coordinator says.

Science & Tech

A Fight Is Brewing Between Congress and the Military Over Cyber War

Should in-theater commanders be allowed to launch attacks that currently require approval from the national command authority?

Policy

Many Top Cybersecurity Posts Remain Empty — And Not On Purpose

Filling various CIO and CISO jobs is taking a temporary backseat to more senior appointments, the White House cybersecurity coordinator says.

Ideas

Pentagon: We Want You — to Get Us Into The Cloud Much Faster 

We need the private sector's help to vault DOD into the world of elastic computing and machine learning.

Threats

US Army, Navy Cyber Commands Ready Far Ahead of Schedule

The components bring more than half of the 6,200 cyber troops that will make up a fully operational U.S. Cyber Command next year.

Defense Systems

Marine Corps Leaders announce new forward deployable cyber force

The Marine Corps is creating internal defense measures teams of data and cyber warriors to protect expeditionary Marine networks.

Science & Tech

How NATO Is Preparing to Fight Tomorrow’s Cyber Wars

As members fight off cyber attacks from Russia, here’s a deep dive into spending goals, partnerships, and policy debates about going on the offensive.

Science & Tech

Trump Administration Plans a New Cybersecurity Strategy

The strategy will be based on the main elements of the president’s May executive order.

Threats

Pentagon Scrubbing Kaspersky Software from Its Networks

Last month, DHS ordered civilian agencies to remove anti-virus tools made by the Russian company. Now DOD is following suit.

Threats

A Law is Expiring That Allows Ethical Hackers to Help Protect U.S. Elections

Renewing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemption for ethical hacking is vital for election security, researchers say.

Business

A New Social-Media Simulator Is Helping US Troops Train for Hybrid War

The program harvests and remixes real tweets to generate a convincing online environment for wargames large and small.

Science & Tech

The FBI’s Cyber Strategy: Shame The Hackers

The agency is trying to take a more preventive, and not a reactive, security strategy.

Science & Tech

Pentagon: We’ll Keep Buying Software That Russian Spies have Looked Through

The U.S. military will still buy consumer-off-the-shelf products from several tech companies that allowed Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, an intelligence outfit, to intimately probe.