The military command in charge of U.S. cyber-warfare activities has successfully completed its first major exercise in its mission to protect the Department of Defense (DOD) from cyber attacks. The U.S. Cyber Command performed the exercise, called Cyber Flag, over a week’s time at the Air Forc...
A virus that attacked the system that controls U.S. military drones was never an operational threat, but merely a “nuisance,” the Air Force said late Wednesday. The statement was the first official one from the U.S. military after Wired first reported of the virus last Friday. The Air...
via American Forces Press Service Officials expect to release the Defense Department’s first cyber strategy July 14, a Pentagon spokesman said today. Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan told reporters that because the release will be an unclassified version of the strategy, it will not be greatly det...
via boston.com State officials unveiled yesterday a new team of law enforcement officers, emergency planners, academics, and private businesses aimed at taking down threats to cyber security and tackling cyber attacks when they happen. Members of the new Rhode Island Cyber Disruption Team said the p...
via Government Computer News The Army’s new Cyber Command is up and running, but it is still a work in progress. Although it achieved full operational status in October 2010, the new command is still in a growth phase, acquiring new personnel and honing its mission to defend the service’...
via Defense Systems The Army’s new Cyber Command is up and running, but it is still a work in progress. Although it achieved full operational status in October 2010, the new command is still in a growth phase, acquiring new personnel and honing its mission to defend the service’s com...