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By Justin Katz Apr 14, 2021 In its first publicly available worldwide threat assessment report since 2019, the intelligence community is warning that the United States’ adversaries are increasingly using cyberspace to attack the country and that activities of foreign militaries will be more likely to impact civilian society. “States’ increasing use of cyber operations as a tool of national power, including increasing use by militaries around the world, raises the prospect of more destruct...

By Nick Wakeman Apr 14, 2021 The growth of internet-of-things technologies combined with the rollout of 5G has the Air Force’s innovation arm looking for new ways to secure its networks.  AFWERX has awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to Phosphorus Cybersecurity. Under the contract, the company will help the Air Force build a scalable security infrastructure to ensure the 5G-enabled IoT devices it plans for its installations do not increase the network attack surfac...

By Justin Katz Apr 14, 2021 President Joe Biden will nominate John “Chris” Inglis, the former deputy director of the National Security Agency, to become the first national cyber director, according to a statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Sullivan also said the White House will nominate Jen Easterly, a veteran intelligence official, to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Inglis had a hand in establishing the new White House cyber position as a memb...

By Lauren C. Williams Apr 14, 2021 The Defense Department has ordered several personnel policy changes to address extremism in the military, ranging from updating intake questionnaires for recruits to training to prepare service members for potential targeting by extremist groups. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo April 9 calling for several "immediate actions" to "proactively" address extremism in the military, including the creation of the Countering Extremism Working Group to imp...

The new vulnerabilities found in Exchange servers running on-premises are separate from zero-day exploits discovered and announced in March.

By   Paul McLeary on April 13, 2021 at 2:29 PM Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee, asks a question about the F-35 WASHINGTON: A key Congressional Democrat said it’s important to “shout it from the rafters” that the Biden administration is taking too much time to release details about when the 2022 defense budget will be released, and while he’s been trying, he’s heard almost nothing back. “I am deeply concerned about the Biden administration dragging t...

Gen. John Murray In March, BD’s Sydney Freedberg and Theresa Hitchens sat down for an exclusive hour-long interview with Gen. John “Mike” Murray, chief of Army Futures Command: Click here for Part I, Part II, and Part III. There was so much good material in these interviews that we decided to print this extended excerpt, edited for length and clarity, focusing on the vital issue of Joint All Domain Command and Control. A: China is absolutely taking primacy in terms of pacing threats. It�...

By Lauren C. Williams Mar 16, 2021 The governing body in charge of standing up and running the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard for contractors is preparing to shift to a more permanent staffing arrangement. Since it officially stood up in January 2020, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB) has been run by industry professionals volunteering their time, often in addition to their primary careers. “The AB is in the process of hiring pr...

Mar 16, 2021 The Department of Defenses Commercial Virtual Remote environment, spun up to accommodate telework in the COVID-19 pandemic, quickly became the largest Microsoft Teams deployment in the world -- and brought department-wide collaboration tools to DOD after years of less-successful attempts. DOD personnel have embraced the tools and the silo-spanning interactions they enable, but CVR was always intended as a temporary fix. So the Defense Information Systems Agency is working hard to ...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Mar 16, 2021 The Defense Department is preparing for 5G-based telemedicine experiments with technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and robotic surgery. DOD is expected to issue requests for prototype proposals from Joint Base San Antonio (JSBA) in Texas after releasing a statement of work for a 5G telemedicine and medical training project. The SOW sought industry input on development related to 5G-enabled AR/virtual reality-guided medical training, advanced telehealth...