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Russia behind SolarWinds hack, intel agencies claim
According to a Jan. 5 statement from the Cyber Unified Coordination Group, “an Advanced Persistent Threat actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and non-governmental networks."
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Evanina: SolarWinds victims numbers 'will continue to grow'
A top counterintelligence official today said the number of known federal agencies affected by the SolarWinds hack will likely to continue to rise beyond initial estimates.
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SolarWinds hackers accessed DOJ email
Suspected Russian intelligence agents are believed to have accessed "around" 3% of email inboxes, but not any classified systems, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
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DOD, NTIA pushing open 5G stack ecosystem
The Defense Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced plans to issue a challenge to accelerate development of software and telecom technologies for an open 5G stack ecosystem in support of DOD missions.
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More visible data helps drive DOD decision-making
CDOs in the Defense Department are opening up their data to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools that help surface insights and improve decision-making.
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DOD nixes diversity training modification for contractors
The Pentagon eliminated a class deviation that implemented the president's executive order purging diversity training across federal grants and contracts.
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DISA takes on DOD cloud operations
The Defense Information Systems Agency will be absorbing the Defense Department’s Cloud Computing Program Office by the end of January, the agency's director said.
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Hackers breaking into networks without SolarWinds, CISA says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hackers are breaching federal networks by exploiting methods besides the SolarWinds Orion vulnerabilities.
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How DOD can plan for the pandemic’s next wave by eliminating network choke points
To ensure employees can work efficiently and effectively from home while simultaneously ensuring mission continuity, focus must be shifted to the next choke points: user experience, cybersecurity and collaboration.
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John Garing, former Air Force and DISA exec, dies at 78
The winner of partner site GCN's Hall of Fame award in 2010, Garing continued his government IT career with Suss Consulting and Vion Corp.
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White House task force says Russia likely to blame for SolarWinds hack
The Cyber Unified Coordination Group said in a statement on Tuesday that fewer than 10 government agencies have been "compromised by follow-on activity" on federal systems as a result of the hack.
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Delivering on the DOD Data Strategy with DataOps
DataOps builds out the new generation of data infrastructure and human behavioral norms for managing data as a strategic resource on par with weapon systems.
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Hershman critical of CMO cut in NDAA
Lisa Hershman, the Defense Department's outgoing chief management officer, said the office succeeded -- finding a proclaimed $37 billion in savings -- despite inadequate funding.
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SolarWinds hit with investor lawsuit over hack
SolarWinds is facing a class-action lawsuit in a Texas court from an investor who says the company misled the public and its customers by not disclosing a known vulnerability to its update server.
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Defense bill prevails over Trump veto
The U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in overturning President Trump's veto of the annual defense policy bill in a rare New Year's Day vote.
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CISA updates on SolarWinds compromise
To help agency leaders mitigate the SolarWinds Orion software compromise, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued new guidance and posted two new resources.
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House votes to override Trump's NDAA veto
With less than a month remaining in his presidency, Donald Trump is looking at his first-ever override.
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Trump vetoes 2021 defense bill
The president has vetoed the Defense Department’s yearly authorization bill, which puts Congress in a scramble to repass it before the end of the congressional session.
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Why DOD needs DevOps to accelerate IT service delivery
DevOps is critically important if the Pentagon is to accelerate time to delivery and deploy resilient, state-of-the art capabilities in line with evolving mission needs.
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