“Here’s my biggest fear about ChatGPT,” Craig Martell said. “It has been trained to express itself in a fluent manner. It speaks fluently and authoritatively. So you believe it even when it’s wrong… And that means it is a perfect tool for disinformation…”
By Jaspreet GillHow to ensure readiness of next-generation defense technology: Solving the issue of massive heat.
High-performance systems generate tremendous amounts of heat that can compromise missions and make high-tech systems less effective in tactical environments. But there is a solution to this modern-age challenge.
In a sign of how ubiquitous AI has become recently, DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner began his keynote not speaking himself, but with a generative AI that cloned his voice and delivered the start of his remarks.
By Jaspreet Gill
According to a DISA spokesperson, each big-name JWCC vendor received an equal task order, with the value of $3.8 million for some early testing of the concept.
By Jaspreet Gill
The plan is for Space Systems Command’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office to set up a contracting vehicle that allows military users to buy satellite-direct-to-cellular communications capability as a service, said Clare Grason, who heads that office.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Thunderdome has confirmed its potential by laying a zero-trust technology foundation, but the work doesn’t end there,” Christopher Barnhurst, DISA deputy director, said.
By Jaspreet Gill
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Countdown to 2027: Where to Start Implementing the Zero Trust Strategy for the Department of Defense
Defense Department organizations have four years to deploy seven pillars, including 45 core capabilities of zero trust.
By Breaking Defense
The new plan is broken down into three imperatives: integrating data management, automating resource allocation and fusing situational awareness.
By Jaspreet Gill and Theresa Hitchens
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
The contract was awarded in August, but the government froze work until a protest by Verizon was resolved, a Defense Department official told Breaking Defense.
By Jaspreet Gill
“Research shows that at some point in the not too distant future when quantum information science matures and quantum computers are able to reach a sufficient size and level of sophistication, they’ll be capable of breaking much of the cryptography that currently secures our digital communication,” a senior administration official said.
By Jaspreet Gill
New framework designed “so we spend a vast majority of our time actually focusing on the security […] and not spending, where we traditionally were, about 80% of our time just getting the paperwork ready so we could get an approval to operate.”
By Jaspreet Gill
Sunset deadline could be tight, according to a former DISA official, as “May 2022 is tomorrow in terms of DoD IT.”
By Andrew Eversden
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In this Game Changer article, we discuss how Internet Operations Management addresses the issue of centralized visibility and operational control.
By Breaking Defense
“I have a mantra of ‘I want to kill to the [Common Access Card] as the primary authentication mechanism for the department’,” Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said. “Industry has better authentication, and it’s not just two-factor, it’s truly multi-factor authentication.”
By Brad D. Williams
Notably, the committee chair’s markup calls for private sector engagement in developing new cyber threat sharing capabilities.
By Brad D. Williams
