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Strategies for delivering on the promise of JIE
DOD can control access while limiting the attack surface of a joint network, SolarWinds' Joel Dolisy writes.
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DARPA's high-speed vertical-lift plane goes to Phase 2
Aurora Flight Sciences' design for the VTOL X-Plane project aims to improve hovering efficiency while also increasing airspeed.
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China Is Watching the FBI-Apple Battle Very Closely
Even if the U.S. government abandons its insistence on a backdoored iPhone, Beijing may not.
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Here's How Easily a Wanted War Criminal Can Travel the Globe
Sudan's pledges of support against enemies of the West and Saudi Arabia have greased the skids for alleged war criminal and President Omar al-Bashir's 21-country world tour.
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Check Out the Military’s Experimental Helicopter Plane
The Pentagon has picked a design for its next experimental aircraft.
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Russian Subs Are Reheating a Cold War Chokepoint
As the GIUK gap returns to importance, NATO must look to regenerate its anti-submarine forces.
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Cloud shift, data security driving encryption use
An industry survey forecasts broad use of crypto technologies as more enterprises shift sensitive data to the cloud.
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DOD's long path to creating a cyber warrior workforce
The U.S. Cyber Command is gearing up for the initial operating capacity of its Cyber Mission Force, despite some setbacks, and looking to groom the next generation of cyber warriors in the pipeline.
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How NATO Can Disrupt Russia's New Way of War
Here are a few things the West can do against Moscow’s potent combo of special forces and electronic warfare.
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Pentagon Launches First-of-Its-Kind Bug Bounty Program
The idea is to find and fix vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. Certain restrictions apply.
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Pentagon to welcome hackers with open arms
In a new initiative called Hack the Pentagon, DOD is inviting vetted hackers to explore potential vulnerabilities in systems as part of the government’s first bug bounty program.
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Army giving cyber capabilities to tactical units
A recent exercise expands on work to take cyber tools into the battlefield.
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Survey: Nation-states overtake insiders as DOD's top cyber threats
A new survey of DOD IT pros by SolarWinds finds that foreign governments are now seen as the greatest source of IT security threats.
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Pentagon Googles 'Innovation,' Taps Eric Schmidt
Alphabet's executive chairman will lead new advisory board that aims to help DoD be more like Silicon Valley.
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Experts: Cyber adversaries becoming more brazen
During a recent Congressional hearing, experts provided insight on the merging tactics of countries such as Russia and Iran.
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