The latest release of CONS3RT includes the following features: Categories – Assign category tags to any asset. Use them to filter and group. A predefined set of categories is loaded in each site; administrators can add custom categories for their site. Disruptive Assets – Launching a system asset with a disruptive tag will generate a […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2016 — During the first meeting of the new Defense Innovation Board today at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and board members discussed 11 interim recommendations the board offered to DoD for consideration. Carter established the board in March, inviting as members 15 […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of  this post. LEXINGTON, Mass. – Maj. Gen. Dwyer L. Dennis emphasized the importance of a command and control construct for networks during a presentation to the Hanscom Representatives Association Sept. 21. The general, who is the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks program executive officer, referenced Air Force Chief […]

The latest release of CONS3RT includes the following features: Browser Limitations – Users will be see a warning banner and may experience limited functionality when using an older browser. Internet Explorer 9 is now very limited. Any browser not supporting WebSockets (inc. IE9) will not be able to make Remote Access connections into the deployed […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — Cyber resiliency and hardening are more important now than ever and the Air Force Materiel Command commander made that point as she addressed a crowd at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference here Sept. 21. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2016 — The Defense Department’s technological and organizational leaps over the decades have been characterized as strategies to offset or overcome the conventional strengths of potential adversaries. DoD is now in the throes of the Third Offset Strategy, according to defense officials, and today Deputy […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today announced the opening of the Pentagon’s third location for its technology start-up Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, or DIUx, this time extending the department’s outreach to the U.S. technology community in Austin, Texas. In April 2015, Carter created DIUx in […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of  this post. WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter today officially launched the third outpost of his Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx) program, opening the doors to an office in Austin, Texas – and announced that the office has around $65 million in contracts that will be awarded soon. […]

The latest release of CONS3RT includes the following features: Sonar ElasticTest – Sonarlint has been added as an ElasticTest tool. With this open source engine, users can automatically scan their Java, PHP and JavaScript code for common bugs, vulnerabilities and code quality issues. Fortify Elastic Test – Fortify ElasticTest can now run in a ‘Test […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. As the Department of Defense (DOD) continues to adopt commercial cloud capabilities, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is helping cloud service providers and DOD mission owners work through the DOD Cloud Provisional Authorization (PA) process, which allows DOD to provisionally authorize a cloud service offering […]