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By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 Unless the Air Force can modernize the IT infrastructure at the Air Force Academy, the school’s  accreditation could be in jeopardy, according to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academys superintendent. "Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence," Clark testified during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2.  The Academy’s IT needs dont get the same attention as the Air Force’s broader enterprise...

At a recent hearing on the massive hack on SolarWinds IT management software, witnesses explained that they are still unsure how widespread the attack was, how hackers corrupted the Orion software and what they intend to do with the information they’ve accessed

In the wake of a wide-ranging hack involving SolarWinds IT management software and other commercial products, the White House is planning executive action to address cybersecurity gaps.

By Defense Systems Staff Feb 24, 2021 The Marine Corps Logistics Command in Albany, Ga., is gearing up for a 5G-enabled smart warehouse that will feature robotics, barcode scanning and holographic, augmented and virtual reality applications to help manage storage and maintenance of vehicles, materiel and supplies. A Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)-enabled private 5G wireless network is being installed as part of a multi-year initiative to create a 5G smart warehouse reference design. Th...

Defense industry experts call on lawmakers to push for procurement protest reforms to enhance national security.

By Justin Katz Feb 24, 2021 Einstein, a core component of the governments National Cybersecurity Protection System, was unable to stop the Solarwinds compromise because it focuses on attacks coming from outside the network, according to the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA is exploring ways to monitor internal "anomalous activities," such as a network management system communicating through an encrypted channel to an entity outside the network, Brand...

As the Defense Department looks to buy more services, its going to need to come up with action plans to better account for spending in future years, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.

The companys new report highlights the threats facing healthcare institutions by both criminal and nation state-backed actors.

Costly Mistake: Bushs Iraq Invasion Forever Changed The World The enduring cost of the Iraq invasion comes in the form of the thousands of dead Americans, and hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis.  Heres What You Need To Remember: The biggest effects of the Iraq War, and the most enduring limitations, may have come in how the conflict affected the U.S. military, and changed the attitudes of Americans toward the use of force. Every player of the popular video game Civilization knows to hit the...

These new weapon systems might have been game changers. But America built plenty of other good, long-lasting tools to ensure dominance.