Federal Spending Moves to Cybersecurity, Contractors Follow
It has become evident of recent that agencies are beginning to refocus much of their spending toward cybersecurity related activity. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for example, plans to increase cybersecurity research spending by 50 percent over the next five years, according to an ExecutiveGov report As the government is making moves to spend [...]
According to Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle, deputy commander of Cyber Command, cyber operations could use a new combatant command structure. The lieutenant discussed his opinion on the matter at the AFECA International 2011 Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach, Va. Schmidle said sovereignty, a necessity in the organization of warfare, falls apart in [...]
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TASC Vice President of Business Development Rosemary Budd has been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for her professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring. “Rosemary exemplifies what the people of TASC strive to be: talented professionals who are passionate about the mission of their customers and leaders who seek ways to strengthen the communities [...]
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With an estimated 41 percent growth of the cybersecurity industry over the next eight years, Maryland is using a new federal grant to train thousands of cyber warriors. The $4.9 million grant has funded “Pathways to Cybersecurity Careers Consortium” program, which aims to provide 1,000 new, dislocated or underemployed workers and recently separated veterans with [...]
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Is an eye for an eye in cyberspace a smart policy for responding to online attacks? At the Black Hat DC conference last week, cybersecurity professionals debated the finer points of whether and how organizations should respond to online sabotage with counterattacks of their own, according to a PCWorld.com report. But the practice of cyber [...]
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A top military officer warned Wednesday of the “substantial” and complex threat to the United States of cyber attack, and the potential for withering impact, according to CNN. “We’ve got to come to a place where those threats are diminished, if not eliminated,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said at a news conference in [...]
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The 24th Air Force has changed its name from Air Forces Strategic to Air Forces Cyber to better reflect the mission the numbered Air Force performs for the force and the Department of Defense. The name change will not impact the 24th Air Force’s mission, but will instead maintain the Air Force naming convention of aligning [...]
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