Army expands access to encrypted Wickr platform in aim to curb insecure comms, bolster integration
The greater use of the Army-approved tech comes on the heels of the Signal-gate encrypted messaging controversy.
Pentagon info officer’s top priority: Upgrading cryptography ahead of quantum-enabled hackers
“We've got to think ahead as to what the adversary might be working on and develop algorithms that are there in time to meet the adversary's ability to crack those algorithms,” David McKeown, deputy DoD CIO, said.
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Modernization of crypto isn’t the core mission for DoD and the IC, it’s what enables the mission
Modernizing cryptographic systems is a lot more complicated than a software patch or iOS update, and oftentimes unfunded, but is vital to securing the nation’s most important secrets.
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Data protection solutions are key to the JADC2 goal of an interconnected tactical network that enables the sharing of sensor data among all military branches in every domain.
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One of the most important tactical tools for the warfighter are encryptors that extend classified, secure communications from the tactical edge to the enterprise.
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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.
DARPA Awards Contracts For Encrypted Data Processing
How can Pentagon clouds process data quickly while it's still encrypted, instead of having to decrypt it and thereby render it vulnerable?
Space Software Startup To Pursue SDA Contracts
NewSpace Networks will bid against Lockheed Martin for bankrupt Vector Launch's GalacticSky software-defined satellite assets, says co-founder Shaun Coleman.
US Must Improve Cyber Protection For Sats: Aerospace Corp.
"Neither space policy nor cybersecurity policy is prepared for the challenges created by the meshing of space and cyberspace, especially for the spacecraft," finds a new Aerospace Corp. report.
5G: Speed Isn’t Everything; DoD, FCC Need To Work On Spectrum
To protect the content of 5G transmissions, the Pentagon should accelerate development of mobile applications using end-to-end encryption. Today’s military radios or encrypted email only encrypt a message in transit. The message exists in an unencrypted form in the receiving server.
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Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
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Raytheon Aims to Straddle DoD Missile Defense Satellite Portfolio
Wallis Laughrey, Raytheon Vice President for Space and Airborne Systems, says it is possible that the Air Force will keep both Raytheon and Northrop Grumman as Next-Gen OPIR GEO payload providers "if funding is available."
NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate Is ‘Back to the Future’
The elevation of the cybersecurity mission to "its own Directorate raises its stature in NSA to a prominence that is absolutely needed," says one former NSA official.
‘Golden Age Of SIGINT May Be Over’: New Encryption Foils IC Eavesdropping
"End-to-end encryption of all communications and data, differential privacy, and secure communications for all users are likely to be the new reality," says a new DARPA-funded study.
UN Agency Opens International Email Traffic To Government Scrutinty
The International Telecommunications Union sent shock waves across the Internet with an agreement approved last night which would give countries a right to access international telecommunications services including Internet traffic. While the U.S., Canada, Australia, Norway, Denmark, and other countries refused to go along with the measure, the motion carried in a decision that caught […]