Booz Allen Hamilton launched a cyber solutions network Tuesday in order to train and deliver cyber expertise to government and commercial clients no matter their location, according to a company announcement.
The network “will provide deeper and broader cyber capabilities and services to our clients on their terms – when they need it and where they need it,”…
A new memo from the Defense Department says the responsibilities of DoD chief information officer won’t be transferred to Cyber Command.
Posted online July 5, the undated memo is signed by former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who recently resigned from his role.
According to the memo, obtained by FierceGovernmentIT, Gates had…
In a report issued Monday, the Government Accountability Office acknowledges that although the Defense Department and U.S. Cyber Command have made progress in identifying the roles and responsibilities of the organizations that support DoD cyberspace operations, additional detail and clarity is needed.
While the Cyber Command mostly meets joint guidance and maps out its organizational…
Together with companies such as defense contractor Lockheed Martin and…
In line with an agreement between the department secretaries last fall and the recently released International Strategy for Cyberspace, the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security are sharing cybersecurity information, capabilities and expertise, a Pentagon official said.
Robert J. Butler, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, testified before…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday announced the stand up of a cyber command to protect the nation against cyber attacks on digital infrastructure and to boost the competitiveness of local industries specializing in high-tech security, Reuters reports.
The new National Cybernetic Taskforce will have access to a budget of “hundreds of millions…
With at least 5,000 new pieces of malware show up online a day, simply deploying a firewall and fixing things when they break isn’t good enough, according to U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency head Gen. Keith B. Alexander.
“We can no longer depend on a static defense,” said Alexander,…
While U.S. Cyber Command’s Keith Alexander testified before Congress and advocated the Defense Department’s move to cloud computing, three companies announced a strategic alliance to address the security concerns that have impeded the progress of the commander’s proposal, C4ISR Journal reported.
Alexander, who also heads the National Security Agency, told a House…
The U.S. military lacks educated cyber warriors and the legal authorities it needs to respond to a cyber attack on the nation or its allies, and a crisis would quickly deplete the force the U.S. does have, the chief of Cyber Command said yesterday.
Gen. Keith Alexander, who is dual hatted in his…
The U.S. Cyber Command has restricted Defense Department workers’ access to streaming-video websites such as YouTube, Amazon and Googlevideo, according to The Associated Press.
Officials say the overwhelming demand to see the Japan earthquake is using up the much-needed bandwidth already weakened by Internet problems in that region of the world.
Cyber Command has directed…