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National Insider Threat Awareness Month - CISA.gov

September is National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM), which is a collaborative effort between the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence and Security (USD(I&S)), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) to emphasize the importance of detecting, deterring, and reporting insider threats.
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Army seeks to minimize command posts electronic signature, avoid detection - ARMY

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 25, 2020) Army Futures Command (AFC) is assessing commercial communications technologies that will be integrated in the next generation of command posts.The Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center a component of AFC s Combat Capabilities
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Alert (AA20-245A) – Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity - CISA.gov

This joint advisory is the result of a collaborative research effort by the cybersecurity authorities of five nations: Australia,[1] Canada,[2] New Zealand,[3][4] the United Kingdom,[5] and the United States.[6] It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.
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Natural Radiation Can Interfere with Quantum Computers - PNNL.Gov

A multi-disciplinary research team has shown that radiation from natural sources in the environment can limit the performance of superconducting quantum bits, known as qubits. The discovery, reported today in the journal Nature, has implications for the construction and operation of quantum computers, an advanced form of computing that has attracted billions of dollars in public and private investment globally.
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DoD partners with agencies to use AI for disaster, humanitarian relief - ARMY

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is partnering with other agencies to develop deep-learning artificial intelligence algorithms to provide near-real-time data to improve the decision-making of first responders engaged in natural disasters and humanitarian assistance efforts.Representatives from DOD and its partners the Energy Department and Mi
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CISA, Treasury, FBI and USCYBERCOM Release Cyber Alert on Latest North Korea Bank Robbing Scheme - CISA

WASHINGTON The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) are issuing a joint technical alert about an ongoing automated teller machine (ATM) cash-out scheme by North Korean government cyber actors referred to by the U.S. government as FASTCash 2.0: North Korea's BeagleBoyz Robbing Banks.
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Army robo-teammate can detect, share 3-D changes in real-time - ARMY

ADELPHI, Md. -- Something is different, and you can t quite put your finger on it. But your robot can.Even small changes in your surroundings could indicate danger. Imagine a robot could detect those changes, and a warning could immediately alert you through a display in your eyeglasses. That is what U.S. Army scientists are developing with sensors
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Cybersecurity Officials from U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand Release Best Practices for Incident Response - CISA

WASHINGTON Today, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), New Zealand s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC NZ) and Computer Emergency Response Team NZ (CERT NZ), Canada s Communications Security Establishment, and the United Kingdom s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC UK), are releasing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity.
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CISA Releases 5G Strategy for Secure and Resilient Critical Infrastructure - CISA

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its strategy to ensure the security and resilience of fifth generation (5G) technology in our nation.
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