http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/new-policy-dod-components-wont-need-disa-buy-cloud-services/101511/ http://www.nextgov.com/media/gbc/docs/pdfs_edit/121714fk1.pdf http://iase.disa.mil/cloud_security/Documents/u_cloud_srg_v1r0-36.pdf New Defense Department guidance issued Wednesday by Acting Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen allows DOD components to acquire commercial cloud services without the Defense Information Systems Agency acting as a broker. The new policy overrides two previous memorandums that charged DISA with assessing the security of commercial cloud service offerings and cataloging them […]

https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=642059&lang=en-US Long Description The Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Consortium was formed in 2010 to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types. Today, it is an aviation-focused professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers, academia, and users. The FACE approach is a government-industry software standard and business strategy for […]

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123433964 12/10/2014 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass.  — The U.S. Air Force, in concert with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this week marked the official re-branding of a facility both parties hope will enable leading-edge advances in defense applications, cyber defense and public safety.The on-base facility, formerly known in acronym form as the CEIF (pronounced Seef), has been renamed […]

http://fcw.com/articles/2014/12/09/dod-cyber-roles.aspx http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/514402p.pdf A recent Defense Department directive is an important clarification of the different roles played by the Pentagon’s CIO, principal cyber advisor and other officials in setting the department’s cybersecurity policy, acting DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen told reporters on Dec. 5. The directive, dated Nov. 21 and signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, updates […]

http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/pentagon-watchdog-dod-stumbles-cloud-computing-plan/100590/ http://www.defense.gov/news/DoDCloudComputingStrategy.pdf http://www.dodig.mil/pubs/documents/DODIG-2015-045.pdf http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/11/heres-what-rewrite-dods-cloud-strategy-will-look/99944/ It’s one thing to have a plan. It’s another to carry it out. That’s the message conveyed in an inspector general report regarding the execution of the Defense Department’s cloud computing strategy. DOD created the plan in July 2012 in an effort to explore and use potential cost savings and benefits in […]

http://fcw.com/articles/2014/12/03/air-force-cio-cyber.aspx http://fcw.com/articles/2014/10/31/navy-cybersecurity.aspx Cybersecurity By Sean Lyngaas Dec 03, 2014 Recently installed Air Force CIO Lt. Gen. William Bender is planning a comprehensive review of the service’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities that will go far beyond what he says is the current, narrowly drawn view of USAF networks. By focusing on Air Force-only networks and not the larger […]

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 […]