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Cyber espionage game has high stakes

Security industry icon McAfee has discovered a cyber espionage program that has been under way for five years.

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Rogers selected to lead Navy Cyber Command

President Barack Obama has nominated Navy Rear Adm. Michael Rogers to serve as commander of the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command and the 10th Fleet at Fort Meade, Md.

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DISA expands portfolio of cloud-based services, security offerings

With its move complete, DISA is now focusing on providing its DOD customers with improved security and service.

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DISA faces bumps in road to enterprise services

DISA is leading DOD's push toward enterprise services, but one top official concedes that it faces serious challenges along the way.

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Top weapons of mass destruction agency daunted by info assurance

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is striving for better IT capabilities, including mobile technologies, but faces problems known by the rest of the Defense Department.

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NTEU keeps Kelley as president

The employee union re-elected its top leaders.

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Nuke agency powers up staff with mobile tools, new processes

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is streamlining its network operations and looking at mobile computing technologies for its global workforce.

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Russia to display armed drone at air show

Russia plans to unveil a medium-range armed unmanned aerial vehicle at the upcoming MAKS-2011 air show.

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NGA makes real-time intell top priority

Barry Barlow talks about the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's acquisition strategy and finding technology enablers to get real-time geospatial intelligence into people's hands.

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Military hard at work on cyberspace rules

A top European Command official says the military is still working out how it defines and governs its operations in cyberspace.

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Coast Guard center helps steer network initiatives amid tight budgets

The Coast Guard's C4IT service center is helping the service manage its IT infrastructure.

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Army pauses e-mail migration while it cleans up its network

The Army’s enterprise e-mail effort, on an operational hiatus since July, will soon restart account migration but will continue to take short pauses to evaluate progress, the Army CIO said.

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DOD to fast-track cyber acquisition

The Defense Department is revamping how it will develop and acquire cyber systems.

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Air Force CIO pushes for operational mindset

Lt. Gen. William Lord, Air Force chief of warfighting integration and CIO, talks about data center consolidation and cloud computing and how the service's network administrators operate with their fronts to the flight line instead of their backs.

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Navy seeks underwater drone to prowl high seas

The Navy is seeking prototypes of a robot that can stay at sea for months at a time to help boost maritime awareness around the globe.

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Army tactical network gets a stress test

Evaluation tests will vet new systems slated to re-equip Army units before redeployment.

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US forces must help block infrastructure cyberattacks: Panetta

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta discussed national security concerns with military service members during an Aug. 5 visit to U.S. Strategic Command headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

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Army goes rugged with biometric hardware, software kits

The Army has chosen GTSI to provide it with biometric identification hardware and software kits under a 16-month contract worth $159 million.

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DOD on the hunt for hacker hires

Hacker turned DARPA program manager Mudge returned to his roots at the Black Hat Briefings to announce a new program to fund small-scale hacker research.

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JTRS Rifleman Radio enters initial production

Thales Communications has received a contract for an unspecified amount from prime contractor General Dynamics C4 Systems to begin low rate initial production of the Rifleman Radio.