Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, June 22, 2016 — The Defense Department has made significant progress in implementing its cyber strategy, a senior DoD official told members of the House Armed Services Committee today. The cyber threat from state and non-state actors is constant and growing, Thomas Atkin told legislators. Atkin […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, June 17, 2016 — Cracking open his laptop between classes as he finished up his senior year in high school, 18-year-old David Dworken was on an important mission for the Pentagon, according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Dworken was among the more than 1,400 hackers invited […]

The latest release of CONS3RT features new stand-up and teardown scripts. Users can add a script for each system to be executed at start-up and/or shutdown. There is also an option to add a script to be executed at the beginning or end of the scenario run. Scenario scripts are executed from the “Master” system […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of  this post. 6/9/2016 – WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A team in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is searching far and wide for innovative, cost-effective solutions to critical national technology concerns. The Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) program selects promising new technologies that can be quickly inserted into military systems, […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 6/1/2016 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force released a flight plan directing development activity as a result of a yearlong study focused on developing capability options to ensure joint force air superiority in 2030 and beyond. According to the unclassified version of the Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan, released May […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Yes, it is a slide deck, but it’s also one of the most eagerly anticipated collections of facts in Silicon Valley. Mary Meeker is ready with her 2016 internet trends report, which she is delivering today at this year’s Code Conference. At 213 pages, there’s a ton […]

The latest release of CONS3RT features a brand new landing page for first time users. They will be directed to a page within the site that includes helpful links and tools for getting started with CONS3RT. Also new in CONS3RT 5.9: Test Asset Filters – Filter the list of test assets by tool type. ElasticTest […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. By Sean Lyngaas May 23, 2016 A request for proposals for the second version of the Defense Department’s on-premise cloud computing environment is coming in about two weeks, the department said in a contracting notice. The Department of Defense rolled out milCloud, as the in-house cloud service […]

CONS3RT 5.8 is a maintenance-only release. The team devoted its past two-week iteration to bug fixes and improvements to code quality.

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 5/16/2016 – WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — A few months ago, I was reading the book “How We Got to Now,” by Steven Johnson, and noted in one section many parallels with the materiel work we do in our Air Force. The book described a team of multinational engineer, machinist, […]