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Senate to consider cybersecurity legislation again in November
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said Oct. 15 that he supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) plans to try to get cybersecurity legislation passed by the Senate in November.
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Iran may have been behind recent wave of cyberattacks
U.S. intelligence analysts believe that Iran was likely behind a serious wave of network attacks that struck computers in the Saudi oil sector and also hit U.S. financial institutions.
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Cyber threat to US infrastructure becoming more serious, says Panetta
The United States is likely to experience a steady barrage of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the months ahead, says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
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AF IT Day: Gen. Shelton says service needs to refine its cyberspace mission
The Air Force still cannot define its role and responsibilities in cyberspace, despite stating for years that the domain was a zone of operations, says a top service official.
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AF IT Day: Lt. Gen. Hawkins says DISA will launch JIE, but not operate it
The Defense Information Systems Agency will play a key role in launching the Defense Department's next-generation virtual information sharing zone known as the Joint Information Environment, but it will not actually run it.
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Air Force, Northrop upgrade B-2 with EHF satcom subsystem
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to outfit the service's fleet of B-2 bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems.
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Leaving ourselves vulnerable to cyberattack
Cybersecurity protections that address our food and water supplies, health-care systems and power grids need to happen immediately.
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AF IT Day: Lt. Gen. Basla says operational rules on horizon
The Air Force needs to work out what its missions and responsibilities are in cyberspace, a top service official said Oct. 11.
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Cybersecurity legislation expected next year, says Cyber Command chief
Cybersecurity legislation is likely to be finalized by the middle of next year, GEN Keith Alexander, National Security Agency Director, said Oct. 11.
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DARPA pursues Grand Challenges on technology frontier
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is seeking input to identify the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century -- part of a broader national innovation strategy under the Obama administration, and has issued a request for information for the program.
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Collaboration key to network success, say military leaders
Military leaders attending the GEOINT 2012 Symposium this week emphasized that collaboration with industry, allies and among themselves are the key to building and securing networks for modern warfare.
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Navy taps five for $750M C4ISR work
The Navy has selected five contractors to vie for upwards of $750 million in task orders over a five-year period, the Defense Department announced Oct. 10.
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Cubic unveils new cross-domain transfer appliance
Cubic Cyber Solutions this week unveiled a new 10-gigabyte device for high-speed cross-domain transfer between classified and unclassified networks.
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ITT Exelis unveils mobile access to GEOINT for ground troops
ITT Exelis is promoting new software based on its ENVI Image Analysis package that would allow ground troops real-time access to airborne and satellite image analysis through mobile devices.
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Raytheon, Penn State studying intel workflow
Raytheon is working with Penn State University on a gaming exercise to study how intelligence analysts work with the goal of improving tradecraft and streamlining workflow.
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GeoEye delivers web networks
GeoEye announced this week that it has made a scheduled delivery of additional web hosting service networks to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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Astrium consolidates its brand identity
Astrium Services is now marketing satellite telecommunications services of Vizada, Vizada Networks and Paradigm under the Astrium brand.
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Counterfeit equipment poses continuing threat
Supply chain risks are many and will not go away.
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DIA maps out new structure to address 'persistent conflict'
The Defense Intelligence Agency is remaking itself to cope with dramatic changes in human geography and a revolution in network-centric warfare that add new threats to national security, says its director.
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