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Army seeks support for cyber risk management
The Army wants industry help to support its Defensive Cyberspace Operations organization with cybersecurity risk management services.
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JEDI's 'pathfinder' designation hedges against single provider model
Industry reacts to the Defense Department’s final proposal request for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program.
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ODNI warns of increasing economic cyber espionage
Nation-state groups combine cyber exploitation with supply chain operations, human recruitment and the acquisition of knowledge by foreign students in U.S. universities to steal or acquire trade secrets from U.S. technology sectors.
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NDAA calls for cyber warfare strategy
The final 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could bring the U.S. one step closer to developing a cyber warfare doctrine.
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Marines get new CIO
Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has taken over as the CIO and director of command, control, communications, and computers (C4) for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Cyber X-Games takes on critical infrastructure defense
The Army's latest Cyber X-Games competition featured attack scenarios on industrial control networks in the finance, public utility and health care sectors.
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DISA broadens search for DIBNet support
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for sources to defend DOD's enterprise service systems and infrastructure.
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DOD releases $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
Despite objections from industry, the Pentagon is sticking to the single-award plan for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.
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Workforce analytics can provide benefits across DOD
One Defense Department office used workforce analytics to more easily determine which soldiers would succeed and which would drop out of an advanced training course.
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AF awards F-16 integration services contract
The $620 million contract for the Air Force's ongoing F-16 fighter jet integration effort went to Leidos.
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JEDI saga opens a new chapter
Consolidated leadership under DOD CIO Dana Deasy should provide more centralized guidance to internal stakeholders throughout Defense Department.
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DARPA digs into subterranean mapping
Defense Department's research agency is looking for technologies to help the military and responders map, navigate and search underground complexes.
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Congress demands more openness from DOD on cloud
The conference report for the fiscal year 2019 defense spending bill looks to the Pentagon to open the books on its cloud acquisition strategy.
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Nakasone: Engagement with industry essential, even amid ethics concerns
Even when companies are reticent about working with the Defense Department, engagement is critical, NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command head Gen. Paul Nakasone said.
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Pushing innovation beyond buzzwords
With the new Austin-based Futures Command, the Army has the opportunity to "open our aperture and see things differently," said Lt. Col. Chris Cline, the Army's director of strategic plans.
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A new model for cyber risk management
The IBM Center for The Business of Government proposes a new risk management model that that allows agencies to tailor approaches for particular cyber challenges.
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Pilot project aims to speed clearance process
A planned National Background Investigative Bureau pilot program taps contractor hiring data to speed clearance checks.
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What the rest of government can learn from DISA's RPA pilot
The Defense Information Systems Agency found that greater numbers of specialized bots could give it more flexibility in addition to saving time and increasing accuracy.
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Navy: Final NGEN services solicitation coming soon
The Navy has set the date to release the final solicitation for its multi-billion dollar NGEN services recompete as multiple teams wait in the wings.
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