Science & Tech
The military’s zero-trust plans are about to face a big test
An INDOPACOM exercise will test the military’s data-centric security strategy.
Policy
The 2024 defense policy bill has a lot of cyber
Other provisions touch on diplomacy and nuclear command and control, among other things.
Defense Systems
US Navy: ‘Non-kinetic effects’ will likely decide the next war
The service’s new cyber strategy lays out lines of effort for a new era of warfare.
Threats
Info threats demand a ‘cultural shift,’ new Pentagon strategy says
“The consistent integration of informational and physical power” must become “the norm.”
Defense Systems
US, Indonesia expand defense cooperation, starting with cyber and space
It’s part of a larger effort across the region where cyber vulnerabilities are “a real point of concern,” a defense official said.
Science & Tech
Air Forces Cyber turns focus to information operations
New training effort will teach how to target disinformation campaigns and how to influence audiences.
Science & Tech
DOD’s new AI and data strategy gives industry a challenge: share
Implementing the new strategy will require companies to work together in ways they never have before.
Defense Systems
White House’s plan to stop ransomware: block payments
The international effort involves sharing Treasury Department data with partner nations.
Defense Systems
US Army’s Pacific corps will invite more allies to join groundbreaking comms platform
Mission partner environment, which debuted with Australia, will be extended to other exercise partners in the coming year.
Science & Tech
The next drone war is coming to Gaza
The world could soon glimpse how soldiers use drones and personal data to find targets.
Defense Systems
How the war in Ukraine is reshaping US Army modernization
The rapid evolution of electronic warfare and drone tactics have the service tweaking its acquisition plans.
Defense Systems
How the Pentagon’s big tech bets could suffer from a continuing resolution
Anything that needs new money to start or scale could see delays—including the Air Force’s quest to develop robot wingmen.
Defense Systems
Swamped with cybersecurity data, NGA hopes ChatGPT-like tools can help
The mapping agency is trying to keep tabs on 70,000 events per second.
Defense Systems
NSA to stand up AI security center
Securing AI means preventing it “from learning, doing, and revealing the wrong thing,” Gen. Paul Nakasone said.
Defense Systems
US, Japan warn of China-backed hackers lurking in networking gear
The joint advisory cautioned that a China-backed threat group called BlackTech is exploiting weaknesses in routers to hack government and industrial targets.
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