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CIA Official: Cloud Is More Secure Than Old Tech, Less ‘Soul-Crushing’

Is cloud more secure than traditional government data centers? The CIA seems to think so.

Army Corps of Engineers May Lose Its Domestic Missions

The White House’s sweeping reorganization proposal would move the Corps’ navigation functions to the Transportation Department, and other civil works missions to Interior.

NSA ‘Systematically Moving’ All Its Data to The Cloud

The National Security Agency has moved most of its mission data into the Intelligence Community GovCloud.

What War Games Tell Us About the Use of Cyber Weapons in a Crisis

Recent U.S. war games have shown that decision makers are surprisingly reluctant to use cyber weapons during a crisis scenario that escalates into armed conflict. Why?

Turkey’s Slow-Cooking Crisis With Its Allies Is Coming to a Boil

Ankara just got its first F-35. It may never get another.

160+ ISIS fighters killed in Afghanistan; Pentagon’s migrant-kid camps; Lasers in the East China Sea; USAF buys its cheapest giant rocket; and just a bit more…

In Afghanistan, a three-week U.S. and Afghan special forces clearing op has ended after killing more than 160 ISIS-linked militants just 10 miles from the Pakistan border, in southern Nangahar …

Defense One Radio, Episode 9: Space Force!; BAE Systems CEO Jerry DeMuro; Border security, Trump, and more.

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

In 2020, We’ll Have Digitized Immigration. Until Then, We Have JAG Lawyers

An effort to shrink the case backlog hobbling the immigration system is just getting started.

Officials ID North Korean Nuclear Test Site To Be Destroyed

But arms control officials yawn, saying this site is not as important as it was a few years ago.