HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- A newly published Government Accountability Office report on Weapon Systems Cybersecurity identified the U.S. Air Force as the only service that has issued service-wide guidance detailing how acquisition programs should define cybersecurity requirements and incorporate those requirements in contracts.
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Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops
U.S. Northern Command hosted a global information dominance exercise and the results point to the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would receive by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said yesterday.
CISA and Partners Promote Call to Action During National Supply Chain Integrity Month
WASHINGTON - In recognition of National Supply Chain Integrity Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is partnering with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Defense, and other government and industry partners to promote a call to action for a unified effort by organizations across the
ABMS aims to revolutionize data flow, speed decisions
The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office held a Virtual Industry Day on the Advanced Battle Management System, or ABMS, acquisition effort March 31. The event was attended by more than 600 participants from more than 300 industry partners. The ABMS acquisition effort will leverage commercial technologies, infrastructure, and data sharing
EITaaS team stands up new security operations center
A Hanscom Air Force Base IT team stood up an Enterprise IT-as-a-Service Security Operations Center in San Antonio in late February to ingest data from Buckley Garrison, Colorado, and Offutt AFB, Nebraska.
DHS S&T Expands Pilot of Cybersecurity Tech for Emergency Communications Centers
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is expanding pilot testing of a technology to improve the cybersecurity defenses of the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure.
Cybersecurity Service Provider Program Passes Another Milestone
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSP) program provided a cybersecurity assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Security Operations Center (SOC). The assessment was conducted by a team of DHS personnel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/04/08/cybersecurity-service-provider-program-passes-milestone
Defense, industry leaders discuss digital transformation, ABMS at New Horizons
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- Defense and industry leaders discussed ways their organizations are using digital transformation to meet the Air Force chief of staff's call to Accelerate Change or Lose during two days of virtual presentations March 17 and 18.
Cybercom’s Partnership With NSA Helped Secure U.S. Elections, General Says
Being both the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency improves the ability to provide the nation with speed, agility and flexible responses to adversaries who are increasingly modernizing, getting quicker and getting more sophisticated, the agencys' director said.
Defense Innovation Leader Stresses Importance of U.S., China Technology Race
As a pacing threat, China has a well-integrated, systematic, long-term strategy to make sure it's doing the most to achieve its goal to be No. 1 in the world in technology, the director of the Defense Innovation Unit told the National Defense Industrial Association, Tuesday.
