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Is continuous security monitoring worth the payoff?
Moving to a risk-management model of cybersecurity with continuous monitoring of systems can be difficult on a tight budget, but if done right, the savings can make it all worth the work.
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Tactical radios and mobile devices: Powered by imagination
Designers think creatively to meet the evolving communications needs of dispersed and mobile forces.
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Are miniature drones with flapping wings really practical?
The main challenge in making miniature drones with flapping wings work on the battlefield is finding enough battery power.
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Army over-estimated enterprise e-mail savings, report says
Army estimates of the expected cost savings from deployment of its enterprise e-mail initiative were exaggerated, reveals a report from the Army CIO to Congress that was released to the public April 2.
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WIN-T 2 undergoes unusual test on road to full-rate production
After braving overnight temperatures of negative 35 degrees in Alaska, elements of the Army's second-generation tactical communications network backbone were still fully operational.
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Winners and losers in the fiscal 2013 budget
It's been several weeks since the release of the fiscal 2013 defense budget, and heads are certainly still spinning in the Pentagon. Here are some of the winners and losers at each of the services.
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Intel community cloud faces bigger problems than security
Surprisingly, there are other more pressing concerns and barriers for intelligence agencies moving to the cloud.
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Army resumes enterprise e-mail migration after hiatus
The Army has resumed migrating to enterprise e-mail after submitting a congressionally mandated report on cost efficiency and effectiveness.
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Army Cyber Command beefs up inspections, network defenses
The Army Cyber Command is changing its information assurance accreditation process by increasing automation and training additional compliance teams.
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What's behind the Army's first purchase of radios vetted by the NIE
The Army is on track to make its first “agile process” buy stemming from lessons learned during the recent Network Integration Evaluation.
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Army private cloud to attack IT sprawl and save millions
Industry experts estimate the Army should save millions in IT costs after its recently awarded Army Private Cloud contract is fully implemented.
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Army app store prototype for future one-stop shop
The new marketplace has a small number of apps for now, but there will be more to come.
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Army PM DCATS transition means many contracting opportunities
The Army's Defense Communications and Army Transmissions System program is ready to issue new contracts to industry.
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Army pins hopes on common operating environment
The Army's common operating environment could transform the way the service runs its IT systems.
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EMARSS is gone, but the integration lab lives on
Army LTC Dean Hoffman, product manager for Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems, discusses what's next for the service after its Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System failed to receive funding in the 2013 defense budget.
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Someday soldiers may bring their own mobile devices to work
The Army is partnering with other Defese Department agencies to get better mobile capabilities into the hands of soldiers.
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IT infrastructure in CONUS barely out of the Stone Age compared to the tactical environment
The Army intends to modernize its stateside operations with the same network-centric and IT capabilities available to its expeditionary forces in war zones as foreign conflicts wind down, says Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence.
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Army PEO EIS leads data-center drive to common operating environment
Doug Wiltsie discusses closer cooperation with the private sector on procurement, cloud computing and biometrics.
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Blimp video caught soldier's surrender after Afghanistan massacre
A surveillance camera mounted on a blimp hovering above a combat outpost in Afghanistan captured video of the surrender of a U.S. Army staff sergeant who allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians during a shooting spree in Afghanistan.
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