Aerospace Group:

Cyber

DoE Officials Pushing Industry Partnerships To Combat Critical Infrastructure Cyber Threats

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, December 8th, 2017

SHARE:

DoE Officials Pushing Industry Partnerships To Combat Critical Infrastructure Cyber Threats

iStock Cyber Lock

The Department of Energy is placing an increased emphasis on public-private partnerships to combat future cybers threats to critical infrastructure operational technology (OT), according to written testimony from a department official to a House energy panel. A House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee hearing on Friday to examine the DoE’s role in establishing cyber security standards for national infrastructure was postponed. Bruce Walker, assistant secretary for DoE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and EnergyReliability, was scheduled to testify. His written testimony was…

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 […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]