Cyber
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CyberUS Response To Russian-Based Ransomware Attacks Forthcoming, Administration Official Says
President Joe Biden said last Friday that there will be consequences for ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses and infrastructure coming from criminal groups inside Russia and a senior administration official […]
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CongressPeters, Johnson Introduce Supply Chain Security Bill
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) last week introduced a bipartisan bill to create a training program to help federal employees involved with supply chain management risk to […]
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CyberDIU Approves Three Firms’ Secure Cloud Management Tools, Picking Long-Term Solution Soon
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has approved three prototype secure cloud management (SCM) solutions for use, with plans to select one provider for a long-term contract likely in September. […]
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CyberPentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Deal With Microsoft, Pursues New Multi-Vendor Effort
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it has canceled the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract with Microsoft [MSFT], and will instead go after a new multi-vendor effort […]
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Homeland SecurityUS, UK Expose Ongoing Russian Global Cyber Campaign
Russia’s military intelligence is carrying out a two-year-old cyber campaign that is largely targeted against government and private sector entities in the U.S. and Europe, including military organizations and defense […]
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CongressHouse Spending Bill Gives Slight Boost To DHS, Adds To Coast Guard, CISA
A proposed spending bill released by House appropriators on Tuesday would provide $52.8 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2022, just shy of a 2 percent […]
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Air ForceHanscom AFB and Air Combat Command Working to Establish Zero Trust Across U.S. Air Force
Personnel from the AFNet sustainment and operations branch at Hanscom AFB, Mass. and Air Combat Command’s (ACC) directorate of cyberspace and information dominance are teaming to develop “a modern software-based […]
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CyberAllies And Partners Asking COCOMs for Cybersecurity Assistance, DoD Official Says
One of the top requests being made for security assistance to U.S. combatant commands (COCOMs) by allied and partner nations is for cybersecurity assistance for their defense networks and systems […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJAIC’s Joint Information Warfare Team Helps Field Malware Detection, Looks to AI for Space Applications
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Joint Information Warfare (JIW) team developed and helped field AI malware detection and threat detection tools and is now looking to develop AI […]
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CongressSen. Rounds Says Time To Consider Mandate To Industry To Disclose Cyber-Attacks
Congress needs to consider legislation that would require industry to share information about cyber-attacks on their networks so that the nation can better combat against cyber threats, a Republican senator […]