Henry Sienkiewicz Explains DISA’s Cybersecurity Vision for the Future
Vice Chief Information Assurance Executive for the Defensive Information Systems Agency, Henry Sienkiewicz, spoke about the agency’s cybersecurity future to the Northern Virginia chapter of the Air Forces Communications and Electronics Association. According to DLT‘s blog Technically Speaking, Sienkiewicz cited budget decreases, strong demand from the services, and current methods of cybersecurity implementation as three ways cybersecurity is being challenged [...]
Pentagon to Increase Cybersecurity Force Five-fold; William J. Lynn III Comments
January 28, 2013 No Comment
The Pentagon has approved the expansion of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, according to Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post. The command will increase from 900 to 4,900 civilian and military forces over the next few years as it plans to upgrade its organization into an Internet-era fighting force focused on foreign adversaries attacking critical systems. [...]
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Keith Alexander: Cyberattacks Move from Disruption to Destruction, DHS Should Lead Federal Cyber Team
October 22, 2012 No CommentNational Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander said cyber attacks have gone from exploitation to disruption and he is worried the next step could be destruction, DoD Live reports. Speaking at an event at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Alexander said that cyber attacks in the last 10 years have been about exploitation and the recent weeks have [...]
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State Department’s Harold Koh Says Cyberattacks Are Subject to International Law
September 20, 2012 No CommentState Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh said since cyberattacks are subject to international law, they are a justifiable cause for war, Fierce Government IT reports. Koh added that since it is clear that international law applies to cyberspace, new treaties for cybersecurity aren’t necessary. Speaking at an event hosted by the Cyber Command, Koh said [...]
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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 [...]
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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 previously “tentatively agreed [...]
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GAO: US Cyber Command Must Clarify Roles, Responsibility of Cyber Personnel
June 22, 2011 No CommentIn 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 [...]
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Amid the onslaught of cyber attacks striking both public and private sectors, the federal government has pooled its offensive efforts into the National Cyber Range project, an initiative that will boost cyber-defense technologies and help train a cybersecurity workforce, Reuters reports. Together with companies such as defense contractor Lockheed Martin and Johns Hopkins University’s Applied [...]
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