Lynn: Sharing Intelligence Helps Contractors Strengthen Cyber Defenses

According to U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III, the open sharing of federal cyber intelligence operations helps contractors strengthen defenses. 

During his talk yesterday at the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Customer and Industry Forum in Baltimore, Md., Lynn told attendees that results from a new pilot…

Lynn: Cyber Has Become Latest Domain of Warfare

With the standup of the U.S. Cyber Command in May and last week’s agreement between the departments of defense and homeland security to collaborate to boost cybersecurity, DoD is ready to add cyberspace to sea, land, air and space as the latest domain of warfare, Deputy Defense Secretary…

DoD’s New Cyber Strategy

The Pentagon has a new cyber strategy, outlined by Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III in the September/October edition of Foreign Affairs.

“Although cyberspace is a man-made domain, it has become just as critical to military operations as land, sea, air and space,” Lynn writes. “As such, the military must be able to defense…

Defense Official Confirms Cyber Attack

A senior defense official has confirmed that the breach of U.S. military networks as a result of an infected USB drive, which was placed into a military laptop in the Middle East in 2008.

In an article published today in Foreign Affairs, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III writes malware was placed onto a…

Lynn: Cyber Attacks Would Harm US, Canada Ties

The United States and Canada already cooperate on a number of military and national security initiatives, including the war in Afghanistan. The two countries are now looking to extend that cooperation into the cyber arena.

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III was in Canada yesterday to discuss increased cooperation in cyberspace between the United States and Canada….

Thousand Cyber Jobs Head to Fort Meade

Last month, Gen. Keith Alexander was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the head of Cyber Command, which will be headquartered at Fort Meade, Md. According to the Department of Defense, approximately 1,000 personnel will head to Fort Meade as part of the new Command.

“It will be the place where the Department of Homeland Security will come to on…

Lynn Announces Plans to Facilitate IT Procurement

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn announced plans to facilitate the faster procurement of IT products for the Department of Defense. During the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium, Lynn announced the formation of a task force to speed the procurement process.

The newly formed task force will include DoD experts in acquisition, logistics and…

Lynn: Cyber Command Stand-up a Milestone

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III called the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command a milestone in the ability of the United States to conduct operations in cyberspace. During the ceremony on Friday, Gen. Alexander received his fourth star, now that he has been confirmed as the head of CYBERCOM.

CYBERCOM is the latest in the growing…

Lynn Calls for Cybersecurity Cooperation with Australia

The alliance between the United States and Australia has lasted from 1908 to the present day, against a variety of threats from the Kaiser to Bin Laden. During a roundtable with with Australian civic and business people, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III called for that relationship to continue amid present and future…

Lynn Highlights Threats in Cyberspace

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, speaking at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, discussed the evolution of the threat landscape, in which adversaries use methods like cyber warfare and improvised explosive devices to counter the US comparative advantage in conventional arms “Our dominance in conventional warfare has led adversaries to seek…