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The Defense Department’s “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program has officially kicked off and is accepting applicants, the department said March 31. Earlier in March, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on […]

President Obama notified Congress and the Federal Register that he is renewing Executive Order 13694 for one year, which allows the U.S. government to impose sanctions on foreign entities that engage in malicious cyber […]

Many participating countries of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, held in Washington, D.C. the week of March 28 agreed to strengthen the cybersecurity practices of their respective nuclear facilities and […]

U.S. Cyber Command is ready to become a fully independent combatant command, and gaining that status would allow it to more quickly respond to crises and strengthen its role in […]

The U.S. Navy awarded the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) an $84.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) cost-plus-fee contract for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, and cyberspace technology research, the Defense Department […]

Intel [INTC] on March 17 said its Intel Security unit has partnered with federal information technology (IT) solutions provider DLT Solutions to help meet the cyber security needs of federal […]

Quantech Services the week of March 14 completed its acquisition of the systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) business unit from KEYW Corp. [KEYW], giving it a niche in the […]

France’s Thales on March 17 said it has completed its acquisition of the cyber security firm Vormetric, saying the deal makes it a global leader in data protection. Thales paid […]

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) published a new book with 17 authors sharing their views on the development of international cyber norms, NATO said March 16. […]