Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has released its 2016 Strategic Plan, which places adding advanced cyber capabilities among its five key objectives. The plan, which supports SPAWAR’s seven-year vision launched last year, was issued recently by SPAWAR Commander Adm. David Lewis. “SPAWAR’s vision is to […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 1/29/2016 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — Battle Management programs are now able to take an expedited approach to acquisition by tapping into a select pool of small and large businesses courtesy of a new contract vehicle called PEITSS. Wednesday, the Air Force awarded a $538 million indefinite delivery, […]

Relevnt links are at the  bottom of this post. Intelligence Although often overshadowed by the far bigger Signals Intelligence Directorate, IAD’s mission of protecting sensitive information on government networks is more important than ever. By Sean Lyngaas Jan 26, 2016 Curt Dukes, head of the NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate, described the daunting challenge his 3,000-person […]

Starting with CONS3RT 5.1, the team will be delivering smaller, faster release every two weeks to get capabilities to users more quickly. The latest CONS3RT release includes: ElasticTest™ Power Management – ElasticTest tools now power down when tests are completed to free up resources in your cloudspace. If a re-test is requested, they will power […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 1/15/2016 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — A key leader in Air Force acquisitions testified Jan.7 on Capitol Hill before the House Armed Services Committee on acquisition reform, explaining how the Air Force is improving its acquisitions processes through agility and experimentation. Rich Lombardi, the acting assistant secretary of Air Force acquisition, […]

The latest CONS3RT release brings new power management capabilities that allow users to set the power state (on/off/sleep/resume) of individual hosts in active deployment runs. Software asset bundles – Users can create bundles of software assets to install as a group on systems. Bundles can also include reboot and load order. PowerShell as primary install […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. What happens when you bring together some of the nation’s leading hackers, the Pentagon’s chief of training and an Air Force Academy professor who teaches cyber skills to cadets? They all agree on one thing: The government’s approach to cyber security is coming up short. They […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 12/21/2015 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — The Chief Information Officer for the Department of Defense and the Chief Information Officers for the Joint Staff, Air Force, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard, along with more than twenty senior representatives from DoD, Cyber Command and the intelligence community visited the […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. This story has been updated with more information from the Air Force. The Air Force is finalizing a $49.5 million plan to hire private sector coders who, by developing software, can sabotage adversary computer systems and thwart incoming hack attacks. An official contract for the “Offensive […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Defense and intelligence officials are discussing when and how to allow commercial cloud providers to handle Level 6 classified data, said Rob Vietmeyer, an associate director for cloud computing in the office of the Department of Defense CIO. It could be over a year before such […]