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By Lauren C. Williams Jan 13, 2021 The Defense Information Systems Agency will be absorbing the Defense Department’s Cloud Computing Program Office (CCPO) by the end of January, the agencys director said. DISA will become “the implementation arm for the DOD CIO’s cloud strategy,” said Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, DISA director and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network. "Whether thats a general-purpose cloud or a fit-for-purpose cloud, all of thos...

Jan 13, 2021 Chief data officers (CDOs) in the Defense Department are opening up their data to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools that help surface insights and improve decision-making. "Some of the legacy concepts around this is my data just naturally change when we start using data to drive some of our senior leader-most decision-making forums," DOD CDO David Spirk said. "I think at the department level, were blasting through some of those legacy cultural ten...

By Justin Katz Jan 13, 2021 Russia is the likely culprit of the widespread hack of U.S. networks, a White House task force concluded. Since the attack, analysts and some administration officials have suggested a Russian intelligence service is behind the attack on SolarWinds Orion product, but the Jan. 5 statement from the Cyber Unified Coordination Group -- which includes the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency and the Office of the Directo...

By Lauren C. Williams Jan 13, 2021 The Defense Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced they plan to issue a challenge to accelerate development of software and telecom technologies for an open 5G stack ecosystem in support of DOD missions. According to a notice of inquiry posted by NTIA in the Federal Register, today’s open 5G stack community is diverse. Various organizations are working on different parts of the technology stack, and many imple...

With the Senate Armed Services Committee prepping to hear the nomination of retired Army General Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense, some lawmakers are concerned about preserving civilian control of the U.S. military.

By Justin Katz Jan 13, 2021 The Justice Department confirmed its systems were hacked by suspected Russian intelligence agents that exploited a backdoor vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion IT management software. Attackers are believed to have accessed "around" 3% of email inboxes, but not any classified systems, according to DOJ spokesman Marc Raimondi. DOJs confirmation comes the day after the White House’s Cyber Unified Coordination Group first attributed the SolarWinds Orion hack to a R...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hackers are breaching federal networks by exploiting methods besides the SolarWinds Orion vulnerabilities.

By David R. Shedd Jan 14, 2021 Confronting potential threats emerging from the rise of great-power competition dictates new approaches to collecting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). The U.S. is on the right path by making large new investments in conventional long-range precision weapons. If it does become necessary to use these advanced weapons, however, will they be effective? That is the critical question. Throughout the Cold War, America’s national security focu...

By Brandon Shopp Jan 12, 2021 At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, military IT leaders raced to expand network capacity and upgrade infrastructure to ensure it could meet their mission-critical workloads and support telework. Their successful efforts have established a proof of their own abilities to adapt, scale and secure their networks with speed and agility. This will come in handy as they ask themselves what new challenges or “choke points” might arise as the nation enters the ...

Due on Inauguration Day: An acquisition strategy for the Air Force’s next-gen battle management system January 12 Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Sept. 1, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System effort is a program like no other: a complicate...