AI for ATO: Pentagon seeks AI to streamline cumbersome cybersecurity processes
“Like Frank's Red Hot Sauce, we should be trying to put AI on anything that you can," said David McKeown, a senior cybersecurity official.
Iran may go after US defense firms with cyber attacks, warn Pentagon, Homeland Security
"We recognize this is a time of heightened risk,” Pentagon cyber official Katie Arrington told Breaking Defense. “DoD encourages the DIB [Defense Industry Base] to raise their cybersecurity posture.”
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‘Stop doing that’: Arrington pleads to industry to quit ‘complaining’ about CMMC
"I don't need China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, knowing any more about us than they already do," Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO, said.
To protect F-47 plans from hackers, Boeing should lean on CMMC, zero trust: DoD official
“The CMMC certification will be proof — trust, verify that those companies have the cyber posture needed to secure the data that is critical to national security, like on programs like the F-47,” Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO told Breaking Defense.
How a key Pentagon tech leader plans on ‘blowing up’ outdated software risk framework
In an exclusive interview, Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO, makes the case for the new Software Fast Track (SWFT) program.
Katie Arrington to head back into Pentagon as new CISO
Arrington is well known for helping stand up the department’s CMMC program before she was put on administrative leave in 2021.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
DoD’s New Pushback Against Chinese Money In US Defense Industry
"The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don't have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said
No CMMC Penalty for Companies Hit By Solar Wind Hack
“A determined adversary with the right capabilities is going to find their way in, especially if they put all their resources to bear on it,” said Karlton Johnson, the chair of the CMMC Accreditation Body board of directors.
‘Start Of A New Day’: DoD’s New Cybersecurity Regs Take Effect Today
Designed to help secure the supply chain, CMMC requires the defense industrial base to protect Controlled Unclassified Information.
Starting Dec. 1, Cybersecurity Is No Longer Optional
"This is the start of a new day in the Department of Defense where cybersecurity, as we’ve been saying for years is foundational for acquisitions, we’re putting our money where our mouth is. We mean it,” Katie Arrington says.
The future of Zero Trust
Zero Trust is the Pentagon’s foundation for its modern cybersecurity strategy.
Lord Begins Long March To Supply Chain Cybersecurity
Undersecretary Ellen Lord took pains today to emphasize companies would have plenty of time and plenty of help to meet new security standards. Is she going too slow?