‘Overwatch’ from space, cyber ops foundational to Maduro mission
Gen. Dan Caine, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, on Jan. 3 gave a shout-out to the roles played by US Space Command and US Cyber Command in Operation Absolute Resolve.
Iran Threatens Israel After Cyber Strike On Nuke Facility
Middle Eastern sources say Sunday's cyberattack caused a blackout at the Natanz facility and damaged centrifuges. It occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Israel for talks, a day after Iran announced new centrifuges at Natanz, and within a week of the US restarting talks to revive the JCPOA.
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Undersea superiority: ASELSAN’s integrated approach to naval defense
As global navies adapt to evolving underwater threats, ASELSAN’s integrated sonar, countermeasure, and sonobuoy solutions offer a scalable, future-ready approach.
WannaCry Worm Highlights Federal & Industry Failures
The WannaCry worm proves that our collective response to cyber threat continues to churn ineffectively in the same futile rut while threats multiply and grow increasingly serious by the day. Channeling Hobbes, government must assume the role of the Leviathan, establishing a monopoly on cyber violence, in this nascent global commons. We must get behind a […]
Open DoD’s Doors To Cyber Talent, Carter Asks Congress
UPDATE with Hill reaction WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter today asked Congress to help the Pentagon’s quest for talent in specialized areas such as cyber warfare. Among many other reforms, this latest iteration of Carter’s “Force of the Future” initiative requests changes to existing law to: None of these ideas is new, and none is as radical […]
Russia Builds ‘Arc Of Steel’: Adm. Ferguson
WASHINGTON: “We are observing the manifestation of a more aggressive, more capable Russian navy,” the US Navy’s top commander in Europe said today. And if that fleet is Putin’s seagoing hammer, missile bases ashore are his land-based anvil. Complementing Russian naval modernization, Adm. Mark Ferguson said, we have seen “the construction of an arc of […]
‘Need To’ Declassify More Cyber Attacks: NSA Deputy Ledgett
WASHINGTON: The deputy director of the National Security Agency said today that the Intelligence Community should declassify the existence of more cyber attacks to improve the agency’s ability to mobilize the private sector and to get help when needed. I asked Richard Ledgett at the end of a session at the Intelligence and National Security Summit […]
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
‘Cyberwar’ Is Over Hyped: It Ain’t War Til Someone Dies
WASHINGTON: Many a mother has warned roughhousing children that “it’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.” On Monday, four cybersecurity experts (two Americans and two Brits) agreed that the online attacks we’ve seen so far are all either espionage or sabotage: It doesn’t count as war until somebody dies. We have […]
Military Debates Who Should Pull The Trigger For A Cyber Attack
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: The American military is intrigued by the offensive uses for cyber-warfare, but it is struggling to figure out how to do it. What impact can cyber weapons have on the battlefield? What organizations should take the lead? And who makes the decision to pull the trigger? “We’ve been thinking 90% defense, 10% […]
Cyber Command Presses For More Cyberwar Authority
Omaha: The head of both NSA and Cyber Command called today for more authorities to protect and defend America’s cyber networks, presumably an indication the Pentagon feels the need for the right to engage in offensive cyber operations. “We have to have more authority to defend ourselves in cyberspace,” Gen. Keith Alexander told roughly 1,000 […]