WASHINGTON, April 23, 2015 – Defense Secretary Ash Carter today unveiled the Defense Department’s second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD’s cyber forces and to strengthen its cyber defenses and its posture on cyber deterrence. Carter discussed the new strategy — an update to the original strategy released in 2011 — before […]

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2015/04/dod-stresses-cyber-acquisition-mandate/109885/ http://bbp.dau.mil/docs/BBP3.0ImplementationGuidanceMemorandumforRelease.pdf The Defense Department is focusing part of its acquisition overhaul on cybersecurity, according to new guidance. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall on Thursday issued instructions for implementing Better Buying Power 3.0, the third version of an efficiency directive originally introduced in 2010. The directive aims to increase productivity and reduce costs in DOD technology […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128433 http://www.defense.gov/documents/DoD-CIO-Memo_Subj_Shielding_DoD_and_Family_from_Phishing_dtd_20150318.pdf By Terri Moon CronkDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 – Defense Department employees and their families should be vigilant when guarding personal and work information from expanding cyber-criminal activity, and to know how to recognize scammer tactics, according to DoD’s chief information officer. Terry A. Halvorsen issued a DoD-wide memorandum […]

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 […]