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Air Force bans use of removable media, under threat of court martial
The commander of Air Force Network Operations has issued a Cyber Control Order banning all removable media from use on SIPRnet in an attempt to stop leaks, according to a Wired.com report.
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Army brass assess progress toward modernization
An Army IT Day panel discussed programs and initatives designed to improve network connectivity to units, harness social media for information sharing, and modernize systems and equipment.
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Astronaut Alan Poindexter leaves NASA
Veteran NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter has left the agency to return to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
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Correction: Microsoft plans 'tracking protection' for IE 9
This article was corrected to reflect that the candidate version of IE9 will be available in early 2011 and that the statement from IDC analyst Al Hilwa was from a phone interview.
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Coalition success in Afghanistan rests on interoperability
Interoperability is crucial to the continued success of coalition military operations in Afghanistan, said Brig. Gen. Benjamin Hodges at Army IT Day.
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Army tackles massive network modernization
Army Acting Deputy CIO Mark Bowman outlined the principles the military service has established for modernizing communications and networking capabilities at Army IT Day.
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Army sees future of intelligence in the cloud
The Army intends to push vast amounts of the intelligence data it collects to a cloud environment.
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Former FBI cybersecurity exec joins Mandiant
Retired FBI official Scott O'Neal joins the IT security firm to head its federal business practice.
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Army faces communications challenges in Afghanistan
The multitude of hurdles in transition, network operations and infrastructure issues in the Afghanistan theater are making for serious struggles for the Army, said Brig. Gen. Lawrence Brock at Army IT Day.
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Army enterprise e-mail transition in full swing
The Army is well into its transition to an enterprisewide e-mail service and moving forward with plans to collapse its disparate networks into the Network Enterprise Technology/9th Signal Command, said Brig. Gen. Jennifer Napper at Army IT Day.
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Army CyberCom faces tough challenges getting started
Despite a scarcity of time and resources, deploying the Army Cyber Command within a newly established warfare domain is proving to be a task that remains riddled with ambiguity as the military takes on cyber warfare, said Maj. Gen. Rhett Hernandez, commander of the Army Cyber Command, on Dec. 9 at Army IT Day.
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New Army CIO picture coming into focus
The likely top choice for the new Army chief information officer has become clear -- but there is still no official word.
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Defense Acquisition University gets new president
Katrina McFarland is the new president of the Defense Acquisition University and will oversee new curriculum that reflects changing defense acquisition guidelines.
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DOD to scale back acronym use
DOD Executive Secretary Michael Bruhn paints a picture of ambiguity, misuse and abuse when it comes to acronym use in Defense Department correspondence.
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Army to test new ground combat systems
The Army will test and evaluate new ground combat systems in 2011 built by Boeing as part of Brigade Combat Team Modernization Increment One.
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DISA's new app offers smart-phone security
The Go Mobile application gives users a secure container for accessing DOD networks. Meanwhile, DOD is working to certify a number of mobile platforms.
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Did Iran's military fall victim to a cyberattack?
Iran's air defense systems might have been attacked by a modified version of the Stuxnet worm earlier this month during an air defense exercise.
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Army awards contract for tactical intelligence aircraft
The Army has selected Boeing Co. to build an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data collection system to support battlefield missions under a contract worth $88.1 million.
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MilTube brings secure video-sharing into Army fold
Military personnel can use the Army's answer to YouTube to securely share and view videos.
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