Chinese hackers breached a US Navy contractor in January and February, stealing information on naval technologies, weapons, and plans. While government officials have said all compromised data was unclassified, the breach underscores ongoing difficulties with contractors and agencies concerning the ...
By Chris Ward The Navy knows it is falling behind in innovation. Constrained by a mountain of acquisition regulations, it has a hard time reaching across the Industry/Government divide to learn the “art of the possible”. CTOvision Pro readers can review our update on how the Navy intends on enh...
DoD continues to struggle to put their Cyber Force organization and governance in place. Paul Simon nailed it! Still Crazy… after all these years…. Last week we talked about all the money and effort Army is going through to stand up their new Cyber Army. This week, Navy announced the initial ope...
The following is a recap of Navy Gold Coast 2014, a Small Business Procurement Event. Attendees were treated to some great presentations 11-13 Aug 2014 in San Diego as the Navy provided their assessment of upcoming opportunities to interested small businesses. This event receives great support! ...
I’m going to spell out a challenge in hopes that someone fixes this (if you have a way to fix this issue you will be a hero to us all and probably make a billion dollars at the same time). If you have been on a Navy ship recently then you know the ugly truth: […]...
Editor’s note: our research analyst Chris Scott produces recaps below for industry partners seeking to better serve federal missions. They are produced for our CTOvision Pro readers. For access, sign up here. On 7 May, the Navy again assembled all their leaders in C5ISR to brief Industry on th...
When Defense Secretary Hagel announced that he was going to expand his cyber workforce by more than 6,000 by the end of 2016, I think most of us in the industry collectively wondered: “Where the heck is he going to FIND these cyber warriors?” While almost every University is paying attention to ...
All who track DoD technology issues have been waiting way too long to see DoD to capitalize on the benefits of Cloud Solutions. This topic has been studied for years (see, for example, DSB Report on Cyber Security and Reliability in a Digital Cloud). Building on years of work, Ms. Takai, DoD’s CI...