Cyber
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Air ForceJoint Staff Developing Common Standards, Policies, To Integrate Services Into The GIG
By Geoff Fein The Joint Staff is working a number of challenges, from bringing together the services’ netcentric efforts under one umbrella, to developing data standards, all meant to ensure […]
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ArmyGD’s Use of Open Source In NETT Provides Army Testers Real World Network Threats
By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] is relying on open sources for its Network Exploitation Test Tool (NETT) to provide the Army with the same type of threats the service […]
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CyberGrowing Demand For Bandwidth Requires Effective Management of Resources, Official Says
By Geoff Fein With commercial demand for bandwidth and spectrum growing exponentially, the military is tasked with finding ways to effectively manage those resources while at the same time investigating […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Issues Conficker Worm Detection Tool To Help Assess Risks To Computer Systems
The Conficker computer worm on April 1 will turn on millions of bots spread across the global computer network commanding them to infect systems, or not. Whether an elaborate April […]
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Army
GD’s NETT Finds Vulnerabilities In Networks, Improves Data Collection For Operators
By Geoff Fein The Network Exploitation Test Tool (NETT), developed by General Dynamics [GD], provides a cyber threat test on friendly force systems for vulnerability analysis and system evaluation. Additionally, […]
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Business/Financial
GD Develops Ability To Access Secure And Unclassified Networks On One Computer
By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] has developed the Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE) to solve a long-term problem of being able to take multiple computers with top secret, secret, and […]
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Cyber
DHS S&T Exploring Several Paths To Improving EDS Software
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch is working several parallel paths to improving capabilities of next-generation explosives detection systems (EDS) through software […]
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Business/Financial
AIA And Internet Security Alliance Launch Cyber Security Information Center
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) have partnered to provide information and tools to help identify threats to a company’s information technology infrastructure. Costs for […]
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Army
Technology Alliance Formed To Promote Wireless Data Standard
By Calvin Biesecker A cross-industry alliance of technology firms has been created to promote a standard for wireless data that is used in technology that tracks shipments by the U.S. […]
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Cyber
Raytheon Interoperable Communications Technology Gets SAFETY Act Approval
Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said its radio control interconnection technology has received SAFETY Act approval by the Department of Homeland Security, which means the company gets legal liability protections as a […]