On the 27th of September, 2012, DARPA will be holding a one day workshop “in support of the anticipated Broad Agency Announcement for the Plan X.” This workshop will be held in Arlington, VA and offer unclassified and classified sessions. Here is a description of Plan X: “The objective of the ...
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“Al-Qaeda operatives are seeking the capability to stage cyber attacks against U.S. networks, the intelligence chief of the U.S. Cyber Command said. While it’s ‘accurate today,’ that the terrorist group isn’t close to having such a capacity, ‘how fast that can change is my concern,...
Military information securityexperts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Arlington, Va., are asking for industry’s help in developing ways to blendbiometrics into U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) military cyber security systems without installing new hardware. The inten...
via Patch.com The Arlington-based Air Force Association is continuing its effort to educate young people on the importance of cybersecurity by meeting students where they are: on Facebook. On Friday, the nonprofit association’s CyberPatriot office launched a social media game called CyberVille...
via Federal News Radio The Defense Information Systems Agency usually is on the leading edge in how it uses technology when compared to other federal agencies. But like all agencies, DISA has some areas of its IT infrastructure that are stuck in low gear. So that’s where the Defense Department...
via Federal Computer Week The Defense Department’s ongoing budget struggles could lead to streamlined cybersecurity efforts and better shared capabilities across the military services, defense officials said. The hundreds of billions of dollars slated to be shaved from defense spending will pu...
via Fierce Government IT Federal officials at work on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have agreed on a set of minimal common security controls for cloud computing, said a senior General Services Administration official March 29. Officials from the departments of Defense and Hom...