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New defense cyber commission plans for future threats
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said the newly established Cyberspace Solarium Commission is getting its structure sorted before diving into debating three visions for defending U.S. interests in cyberspace.
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Air Force slows roll out of new cyber career category
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced delays to plans for new career categories and promotion paths, including in cybersecurity.
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DOD considers releasing list of blocked software vendors
The Defense Department is working with congressional constraints on information it can share with defense industrial base regarding restricted vendors.
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Air Force moves to speed up operating authorities
The Air Force plans to migrate 100 applications to the cloud this year with as many as possible opting for the fast track authority to operate process.
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DOD keeps getting ‘out recruited’ for cyber talent, Shanahan says
Congress wants DOD to onboard more cyber warriors, but they're hard to keep around.
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The JEDI saga continues with new Oracle protest
Now that it's officially out of the running for the Pentagon's $10 billion warfighter cloud award, Oracle has updated its ongoing lawsuit against the procurement and its requirements.
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Navy considers penalties for bad cyber behavior
The Navy is looking at punitive measures for careless users to get them to take basic cyber hygiene seriously.
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Army innovation lab tests coders on the battlefield
The Army's newly launched Army Applications Laboratory is working to expand ability for soldiers to code in the field to repair communications systems.
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Defense software budget may get streamlined in 2020
Defense Department acquisition head, Ellen Lord, hopes to simplify software buying and improve business systems following the release of the Defense Innovation Board's final software acquisition study.
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Who's accountable for the $20B defense health IT overhaul?
Despite pressure from Congress, DOD and VA don't appear to be racing to name a single point of accountability to lead the electronic health records transformation at the two agencies.
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Air Force Lab wants wearables to monitor warfighter health
The Air Force Research Lab teamed with a biosensor startup to develop implanted sensors that would allow medical personnel to continuously monitor troops for indications of a potential illness.
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USAF seeks safe space for AI development
The Air Force's Cognitive Engine software platform will package code-based tools to be better accepted by Defense Department systems.
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DISA's MilCloud 2.0 migration is moving forward
Caroline Bean, DISA's MilCloud deputy program manager and lead engineer, explained where the migration stands and what to expect this year.
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Defense industrial base cyber program adds a key partner
The voluntary public-private information-sharing program facilitates better situational awareness about IT security threats to unclassified contractor networks and information systems.
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New ways to detect network attacks sooner
Compressing the network traffic sent to central analysis servers may allow analysts to detect intrusions earlier in the transmission process.
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Can AI and autonomous systems detect hostile intent?
DARPA wants supervised autonomous systems to detect and positively identify hostile agents before troops come in contact with them.
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JAIC has tight timeline for first solutions
Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy said the Joint AI Center plans new capabilities for fiscal year 2020.
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Army pushes enterprise IT toward the cloud
The Enterprise IT as a Service pilot will assess whether private-sector IT infrastructure investments, operations and best practices will work for the Army and support the investments the service has made in its network.
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Defense Digital Service announces new director
Brett Goldstein has replaced founding director Chris Lynch.
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