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In today's Federal Newscast, DHS is ready to expand its cyber bug bounty program after a successful pilot.

Cyber Command shifts counterterrorism task force to focus on higher-priority threats May 4 U.S. Cyber Command is shifting Joint Task Force-Ares' focus from counterterrorism to nation-state actors, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Cyber Command Public Affairs) WASHINGTON — U.S. Cyber Command is shifting the majority of its special task force aimed at targeting the Islamic State group to focus more on nation-state actors, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, which the command and the Department of Defense are prioritizing. Joint Task Force-Ares was created in 2016 to co...

The military must learn to operate more in the gray zone November 4, 2020 While not necessarily postured to operate daily below the level of armed conflict, the military must learn how to do so in order to defeat adversary advances. (Lance Cpl. Andrew Skiver/Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — As nations are increasingly more active in operations that fall below the threshold of traditional conflict, the U.S. military needs to learn how to respond in kind, contends one Marine Corps commander. Being more active in this competition, or gray zone space, is somewhat unfamiliar territory for the U....