http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123746 http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/resources/DefenseInnovationInitiative.pdf http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/LRRDP.html http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/offsetrfi1203.pdf By Amaani Lyle DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2014 – The Defense Department seeks technology and innovative ideas as part of its Long Range Research Development Plan within the Defense Innovation Initiative, a broad effort that examines future capabilities, dominance and strategy, a senior DoD official said Nov. […]

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2014/11/bug-accidentally-shut-down-military-open-source-software-portal/99950/ A software bug inadvertently has knocked out the military’s system for developing open source software, according to the Defense Department. A data center supporting Forge.mil executed computer instructions that accidentally “corrupted all Forge.mil systems,” Defense Information Systems Agency officials said in a notice released early Monday. The DISA Defense Enterprise Computing Center in Montgomery, Alabama, is the […]

https://gigaom.com/2014/11/24/groundbreaking-state-spyware-targeted-airlines-and-energy-firms/ http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/regin-analysis.pdf  http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/regin-top-tier-espionage-tool-enables-stealthy-surveillance The security firm Symantec has detailed a highly sophisticated piece of spyware called Regin, which it reckons is probably a key intelligence-gathering tool in a nation state’s digital armory. Its targets have included individuals, small businesses, telecommunications firms, energy firms, airlines, research institutes and government agencies. In a whitepaper, Symantec described Regin as […]

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123432018 11/19/2014 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — “Cyber is a domain – like air and space. Manmade, constantly changing, which spans across all other domains.”These were the words of the Secretary of the Air Force’s Cyberspace Strategy and Policy director Brig. Gen. Sarah Zabel, as she took center stage during an Association of  Old Crows cyber summit […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123651 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2014 – In a keynote speech tonight at the 2014 Reagan National Defense Forum, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a plan to harness the brightest minds and cutting-edge technology to change the way the Department of Defense innovates and operates. On the second day […]

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/394/3740684/At-the-Pentagon-most-Army-PCs-will-be-replaced-with-virtual-desktops Over the next year, most of the Army’s IT users at the Pentagon will see the PCs under their desks carted off one-by-one and replaced with virtual desktops as part of an aggressive schedule to implement zero client interfaces. The Army’s Information Technology Agency, which also handles most of DoD’s day-to- day IT functions […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123596 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2014 – The Defense Department is pushing forward on information technology such as cloud computing, smartphones and apps, the Joint Information Environment, and data access to improve the mission and reduce costs, the Pentagon’s acting chief information officer said yesterday. Terry Halvorsen gave a […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123570 By Claudette Roulo DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – The technological dominance enjoyed by the U.S. military force that fought the first Gulf War a quarter century ago is threatened today, the undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics said today. Speaking at a Navy League special topics breakfast […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123565 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – Adopting open architectures in systems that the Defense Department buys from industry can reduce costs and facilitate competition, the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition said here yesterday. Katrina G. McFarland was the morning keynote speaker at Defense Daily’s 2014 Open Architecture […]

The week in cloud: Amazon’s poor earnings cast some doubt on how much the company can continue to pour into pricey AWS cloud infrastructure. On Thursday, Amazon Inc. posted a “gigantic” $544 million operating loss for its third quarter ending September 30. And although CEO Jeff Bezos has long shown a willingness to sacrifice profit for growth, you […]