By BobGourley IT professionals in the Department of Defense have always faced unique challenges. They serve missions of global importance, in the face of full spectrum threats (with many in war zones and all facing hostile cyber threats), and have always had to operate under a burdensome regulator...
“Hackers are stepping up the intensity of their attacks, moving from ‘disruption’ to ‘destruction’ of key computer systems, the top US cyber-defense official said Monday. General Keith Alexander, who is director of the National Security Agency and commander of the US Cy...
“The Pentagon is gearing up for cyber-warfare. General Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, testified in March that the Department of Defense ‘is conducting a coordinated, thorough review with the Joint Staff of existing standing rules of engagement on cyberspace. These revi...
The FBI, Army, and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 to simulate decision-making, medical, and crime-scene scenarios. More here. The Department of Defense launched its STEM App Challenge encouraging developers to create mobile apps t...
Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency testified yesterday for the Senate Armed Services Committee. Alexander blamed China for many of cybersecurity threats but maintained that the DHS and not the DoD should be the lead in protecting govern...
The computer-hacking confederacy Anonymous might be able to cause a limited power blackout in a year or two, the general who directs the National Security Agency has warned officials, TheWall Street Journal is reporting. Gen. Keith Alexander’s warning of a cyberattack on the electrical grid ha...
The Defense Information Systems Agency says a recent hack attack shows the security benefits of cloud computing. DISA last year started hosting Army e-mail. When the DISA cloud was hit with e-mail bringing in malware, cyber officials quickly squashed it....
The Defense Department’s networks, as currently configured, are “not defensible,” according to the general in charge of protecting those networks. And if there’s a major electronic attack on this country, there may not be much he and his men can legally do to stop it in advance....