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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

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]