Defense
Army hopes big-data techniques can help secure its clouds
“Multifactor authentication will not be enough,” said the Army’s senior cyber leader.
Defense
Defense Digital Service elevates top deputy to serve as director
Jennifer Hay will lead the Defense Department’s in-house team of software engineers and data scientists.
Defense
Army looks to de-tangle its networks to combat China’s ‘digitally native’ military
By year’s end, troops should be able to jump on a network from just about any location, an Army cyber leader said.
Defense
Air Force taps enterprise IT director as new CIO
Officials confirmed the armed service named Venice Goodwine to replace outgoing CIO Lauren Knausenberger.
Defense
New AI laser system to guard US capital region from unauthorized aircraft
‘The first line of defense is actually that they will beam a laser at the cockpit of the aircraft.’
Defense
Future wars will turn on space-cyber-special operations triad: Army SOF chief
The success of information ops is “the most important lesson learned from Ukraine right now.”
Defense
USAF wants its future robot wingmen to fly with sister services as well
And it wants them far more quickly than the typical acquisition program
Defense
US can use tech as strategic tool to dissuade Chinese aggression, experts say
New and emerging technologies could bolster U.S. information-sharing capabilities as part of a strategic effort to combat Beijing’s aggressive posturing in the Indo-Pacific.
Defense
DOD pushes cloud buyers to JWCC
The Defense Department's top tech official directed defense agencies to tap the multi-vendor Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract for new cloud acquisitions and is requiring all top-secret cloud buys across the Pentagon and military services to use the vehicle for top secret capabilities.
Defense
Army gets new prototypes of Microsoft’s augmented reality headsets
The military branch plans to begin testing the updated variant of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System this month.
Defense
How the US is using open-source intel to track Russia's war in Ukraine
Analysts are moving beyond who-what-when-where to "really focusing on the why,” a senior defense intelligence official said.
Cybersecurity
DOD, OMB expect September release of proposed CMMC rule
The rule that details the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard appears ready for review at the Office of Management and Budget.
Artificial Intelligence
DOD experimenting with generative AI, even as ‘potential downsides’ give officials pause
The deputy chief of the agency’s AI office said the department is working with industry to address concerns about the emerging tech.
Defense
Space Force will look at how to hack targets from space
“We're laying the groundwork for starting to figure that,” said the leader of Space Operations Command.
Defense
DOD aims to leverage AI and automation in records management
The Defense Department wants to harness the powers of emerging technology to reduce user burden and enhance enterprisewide records management processes, according to a plan the agency released this week.
Defense
Pentagon outlines upcoming contractor cybersecurity plan
Expect the congressionally mandated strategy by year’s end, DOD CISO says.
Defense
The future of zero trust is about more than thwarting hackers, officials say
Defense Department officials noted that while progress has been made on deploying zero trust architecture on their networks, its capabilities don't stop with identity management.
Defense
FCW Insider Chat: Defense Tech
Fed100 winners Caroline Bean of DISA’s Joint Enterprise Services Directorate and Air Force Chief Experience Officer Colt Whittall join the podcast to talk about their work.
Defense
DOD plans free software tools to support cyber compliance by small biz
The Department of Defense wants to bolster the number of small contractors it does business with, so it's planning to debut a series of free software tools to make it easier to work with industry.
Defense
Pentagon CIO warns against pause in AI development
John Sherman warned that a pause in U.S. development of AI tools and research could potentially give overseas adversaries an upper hand.
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