The first 400 patents are “the freebie, the door buster” to get industry excited about an in-progress, unprecedented database linking all 216 DoD labs, Emil Michael told reporters.
In this op-ed, Walter Copan and Tim Fist argue that in order to counter threats from China, Congress must prioritize NIST.
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
So far, the tool has been used by DCMA employees over 400 times in the past month.
“What’s important, though, is to realize that migrating an entire federal agency or private sector company to new algorithms is a huge task,” Duncan Jones, head of cybersecurity at Quantinuum, told Breaking Defense.
“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.
Space Force's is to allow for "increased trust in industry" to assess their own systems' cybersecurity needs, "while doing due diligence" in reviewing whether those assessments are reliable, said Jared Reece.
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
The Security Measures publication focuses on running software, while the Recommended Minimum Standards focuses on developing it.
"It's quite possible that if [the government] doesn't get this right, then none of those companies will want to do business with government," defense acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt told Breaking Defense. "That's extremely problematic."
OSCAL's goal is to enable compliance and security assessments to keep pace in complex, fast-moving, ever-changing DevSecOps environments.
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?
An interconnected ecosystem of primes, subs, suppliers, and partners mean one weak link can bring down the entire chain.
House Appropriators add millions of dollars to the National Institute of Standards & Technology's work on AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing, 3D printing, and 5G telecommunications.
The Navy has issued new cybersecurity standards that every unit, office, and contractor had better get to know. Governing everything from business systems to weapons systems to machinery controls, the standards will govern future information technology acquisitions and provide a benchmark for assessing where existing systems fall short. The Navy’s just getting started, too. Last […]