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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

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In-Q-Tel Invests in Behavior Analytics Security Firm IntersetInterset, a developer of behavior analytics solutions, has received a strategic investment from the CIA’s venture arm In-Q-Tel for technology development. The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed. Interset says the investment will advance the development of its UBA platform, a security software solution for detecting and surfacing compromised-account and insider attacks, while reducing and false positives in scalable environments. “U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities have long sought to protect critical data…

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 […]

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 […]