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Homeland Security

CISA Needs To Improve Quality Of Cyber Threat Information Being Shared, Hire More Staff, IG Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

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The Department of Homeland Security has made progress in its cyber threat information sharing requirements set forth by law but it needs to improve the quality of the information it shares through an automated portal for it to be more effective in reducing security risks, the department’s watchdog agency says in a new report. The information sharing portal, authorized as part of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, is the Automated Information Sharing (AIS) program, and it allows federal, state and…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]

Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]

Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]