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DoD, Army Ramp Up Cybersecurity Measures With New Initiatives

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2016 — Two initiatives were rolled out today to strengthen the cyber security environment in the Defense Department and the Army, DoD officials announced. The first initiative is part of the “Hack the Pentagon” program that debuted last spring, officials said. Called the Vulnerability Disclosure Policy, […]

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Cybercom Commander: Public-Private Partnerships Needed for Cybersecurity

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2016 — The public-private cybersecurity partnership between private companies and U.S. Cyber Command and other federal agencies has been uneven so far despite some fledgling success, but collaboration is critical given growing threats to everyone from cyberspace, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command said here yesterday.  Navy Adm. […]

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DoD’s Technological Superiority Depends on Out-Innovating Adversaries

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2016 — Future Defense Department technological superiority hinges on the department’s ability to out-innovate its adversaries, rethink how it sources technology and perhaps rethink its models for product delivery, the assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering said here yesterday. Stephen P. Welby […]

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CONS3RT 5.20 Released

New Asset Upload Functionality – Users are now able to drag and drop asset files directly into the UI. This same process can also be used to update pre-existing assets in your library. It will warn users if they try to close the window before an update is complete. Maintenance – This is primarily a […]

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Looking to a cloud to share data faster

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs / Published November 09, 2016 HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Kill Chain Integration Branch here has begun an experimentation campaign to look at ways to provide warfighters data in the fastest and most efficient ways possible. Called […]

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Carter to Implement 3 Recommendations from Defense Innovation Board

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2016 — Earlier this month Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s new Defense Innovation Board recommended to the department several novel practices for improving innovation at the Pentagon, and today he announced that he would implement three of them. He was speaking at the Center for Strategic and […]

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Deputy Secretary: Third Offset Strategy Bolsters America’s Military Deterrence

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2016 — The Pentagon’s Third Offset Strategy pursues next-generation technologies and concepts to assure U.S. military superiority, but the real focus is strengthening U.S. conventional deterrence to make sure wars don’t happen, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work says. He spoke last week at a Center for […]

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CONS3RT 5.19 Released

Jackpine Messaging 5.0 – CONS3RT now runs on the all-new messaging layer with improved speed and performance. More error correction and additional troubleshooting tools are available as well. Cloud Management Updates – Cloud administrators can now define standard networks (names, IP space, firewall rules and NATs) for use on created Cloudspaces. Local Template Catalogs – […]

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All Cyber Mission Force Teams Achieve Initial Operating Capability

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. FORT MEADE, Md., Oct. 24, 2016 — All 133 of U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber Mission Force teams achieved initial operating capability as of Oct. 21, Cybercom officials announced today. Reaching the IOC milestone is a testament to the Defense Department’s focus on developing cyber capability and capacity, as […]

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DOD partners with HackerOne and Synack on “Hack the Pentagon” Follow-up Security Initiative

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Department of Defense announced today that it has awarded a contract to HackerOne and Synack to create a new contract vehicle for DOD components and the services to easily launch their own ‘bug bounty’ challenges, similar to Hack the Pentagon, with the ultimate objective  to […]

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