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ODNI warns of increasing economic cyber espionage

Nation-state groups combine cyber exploitation with supply chain operations, human recruitment and the acquisition of knowledge by foreign students in U.S. universities to steal or acquire trade secrets from U.S. technology sectors.

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DOD, GSA, NASA move to raise purchasing ceiling for cyber emergencies

According to a proposed rule, agencies could spend more money for work directly related to supporting a contingency operation.

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Reorg puts DOD in charge of clearances

Under the Trump administration's reorganization plan, the Pentagon would become the central hub for security clearance authority in the federal government.

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DOD stops selling Chinese mobile phones at military exchanges

The move is the latest salvo in the government's ongoing conflict with telecom companies Huawei and ZTE over concerns their devices could be used to facilitate Chinese government spying

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Congress grills NBIB over clearance backlog

Senators expressed deep frustration about the government's lack of progress reducing the backlog of 700,000 pending security clearance requests, with some threatening to overhaul the process completely.

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Rogers: CyberCom can't be 'the end-all, be-all of everything'

The outgoing NSA and U.S. Cyber Command chief told lawmakers CyberCom is not sitting on its hands when it comes to potential Russian cyber interference, but it lacks the authority to do more absent additional presidential direction.

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After exposing DISA data to Russia, contractor agrees to new security controls

Netcracker Technology Corp. signed an agreement to keep U.S. customer data in U.S. systems, settling a case that goes back to the Bush administration.

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GAO: Security clearance problems far from fixed

A GAO audit found that many federal agencies have yet to implement years-old recommendations to reform and speed up their security clearance processes.

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Pentagon spending more on emerging tech

The Department of Defense spent $7.4 billion in fiscal year 2017 on cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technologies, according to a recent Govini report.

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Can AI put DOD's dormant data to work?

The Pentagon is sitting on a hoard of data but doesn't know what to do with it. A new report makes the case that artificial intelligence is the solution.