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Homeland Security

Cyber Defense Agency Receives $1M for Cyber Risk Metrics

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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

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Cyber Defense Agency, LLC, a Wisconsin-based security consulting and research services firm, has received a one-year, $1 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop risk metrics for cyber security. Under the contract CDA will be assessing which technologies and combinations of technologies and architectures work best in protecting networks, Sami Saydjari, CDA's president, tells TR2. He says that CDA will combine a risk assessment system it is developing with a modeling system developed by the Univ.…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]