The Defense Department needs a mission-critical, command-and-control capability to operate in cyberspace and the closest thing to a workable system is a continuing research effort known as Plan X, says a top CYBERCOM official.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 08, 2013
A new Cyberspace Operations Group activated March 1 by the Air Force Reserve Command will have as one of its most important duties the protection of Air Force and Defense Department global information grids.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 07, 2013
The U.S. Transportation Command is hard at work reducing the number of access points available to cyber intruders as a way to improve its network defensive posture, and also is working closely with its commercial suppliers to strengthen their interfaces with the command, the Transcom commander told Congress.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 07, 2013
The U.S. military is not ready for full-scale cyber warfare with a sophisticated and well-resourced opponent, and therefore must begin as soon as possible to address a number of major deficiencies in its cyber arsenal and cyber strategy, according to a DOD report.
- By William Welsh
- Mar 06, 2013
The Air Force is seeking information from small businesses on the capabilities they possess to assist with identifying, neutralizing and exploiting threats in the cyber realm to the service's people, weapons systems and networks.
- By William Welsh
- Feb 27, 2013
Commercialization of advanced technology is creating new opportunities in the realm of cybersecurity, and entrepreneurs are seizing these opportunities before the large tech-sector icons move in.
- By Kevin Coleman
- Feb 25, 2013
Emerging threats and new devices combine to create a complex and rapidly changing landscape for storage security.
- By John Edwards
- Feb 25, 2013
Defense giant Lockheed Martin and mobile risk management (MRM) provider Fixmo have collaborated to bring to market secure authentication technologies for consumer-grade mobile devices.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 22, 2013
The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Defense Department to make a number of concrete changes related to IT acquisition, cybersecurity, and network operations and software that will change the way the department does business in the years ahead.
- By William Welsh
- Feb 19, 2013
Two members of the House Intelligence Committee on Feb. 13 reintroduced their Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which passed the House of Representatives last year but failed to make it through the Senate.
- By William Welsh
- Feb 14, 2013