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Sequestration would hamper intelligence integration, say DOD officials
Intelligence officials say the looming across-the-board budget cuts due in January would make efforts at integration slower and more expensive.
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Network architecture improvements designed to plug leaks
The new network architecture for the intelligence community will include a change intended to plug leaks: pushing security downward from the network level to the data level, intelligence officials say.
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Intelligence officials sidestep concerns about DigitalGlobe/GeoEye merger
Intelligence officials attending the GEOINT 2012 Symposium on Oct. 9 sidestepped concerns about whether the merger of the two major providers of commercial satellite imagery would hurt the ability to collect needed intelligence.
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Common intelligence community cloud to go live in March, says Clapper
Data users in the intelligence community will have access to a common desktop and common cloud-based network starting in March, says DNI James Clapper.
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DOD takes entrepreneurial approach to tactical radios/waveforms
The Defense Department’s 15-year, multibillion-dollar effort to build new, standard tactical communications networks is shifting to a more entrepreneurial approach, filling the need for mobile waveform technologies with commercially available solutions.
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Rules of cyber warfare still murky
For military planners, cyberspace is a murky domain without the clearer lines that exist in physical warfare.
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DI2E aims to standardize intelligence
More complex threats require greater connectivity and intelligence sharing, which in turn requires a common framework that includes shared architectures, technology, policy and doctrine.
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Army wants smart phone solution that can keep pace with mobile computing advances
Army leaders understand that time is short as the service prepares for a fourth round of testing how new technologies can securely fit into its tactical data network.
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DOD can benefit from private-sector cloud experience, say industry execs
The private sector has a lot of experience the Defense Department can exploit to speed efforts to secure computer networks from attack, according to industry executives.
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Outdated infrastructure slows Army network transition
Antiquated infrastructure is posing the biggest challenge to bringing the Army's new data network online -- but it's not the only challenge, says a senior commander.
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Marines seek to balance data access, security
Balancing the need to make data accessible to all Marines while ensuring security is a challenge as the Marine Corps shifts to cloud computing.
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Military focuses on quick response cyber capabilities
With threats to its networks increasing, the Pentagon's approach to cyber warfare is focusing more on a quick response rather than a perfect solution.
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Cybersecurity legislation unlikely this year unless president steps in, says Rep. Dan Lungren
Congress isn't likely to pass cybersecurity legislation this year because the private sector is skeptical of government involvement and many Americans don't understand the urgent need for it.
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Basics key to effective cyber defense, says former Army CIO
Effective cyber defense comes from following the basic rules of military strategy, says the Army's former CIO.
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