Tag Archives: cyber

Brandon Valeriano, head of Armed Politics at the Marine Corps University, said that the U.S. should put focus on potential cyber threats from lesser-known actors instead of Russia and China, Fifth Domain reported Thursday.

The U.S. Army seeks firms willing to demonstrate technologies that would help commanders visualize the cyber domain of a battlefield, Fifth Domain reported Wednesday. The service branch is searching for these technologies under the Cyber Situational Understanding or SU program.

The Defense Advanced Projects Agency has launched an effort to address issues in patching legacy software for mission-critical systems. DARPA said Monday its new Assured Micropatching program seeks to develop technologies that accelerate and aid in the analysis, modification and correction of legacy software binaries.

Gen. James McConville, newly appointed U.S. Army chief of staff, said he plans to observe a people-focused strategy as the service branch works to modernize its force, Defense News reported Sunday.

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, formerly commander of the Cyber National Mission Force, assumed leadership of a newly created information warfare-focused numbered air force on Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, the Air Force reported.

Aaron Weis, the newly appointed chief information officer of the U.S. Navy, has said he will leverage his nearly three decades of private sector experience and his time as a senior adviser to the Department of Defense’s CIO to oversee the service branch’s information technology efforts, Fifth Domain reported Tuesday.

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, announced a new information warfare numbered air force that will combine the 24th and 25th air forces, the service branch reported Wednesday.

Joshua Skule, executive assistant director of Intelligence for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will be a keynote speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 6th Annual Intel Summit on July 31st. Don’t wait to register for the summit right here. 

Michael Griffin, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and 2019 Wash100 Award winner, said the Space Development Agency’s acquisition strategy seeks to accelerate the development of capabilities that are cost effective and responsive to any threat, the DoD website reported Tuesday.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, the White House’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Department of Defense should improve its information warfare, cyber and electronic warfare capabilities to counter threats posed by Russia, China and other competitors, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.