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Renata Spinks, Cyber Technology Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Cyberspace Command — Renata Spinks speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group)

As adversaries get craftier, Marine Corps cyber official touts appeal of zero-trust security

The Marine Corps wants to be proactive.

Jan 28, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

Renata Spinks, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, MARFORCYBER — Renata Spinks speaks Dec. 3, 2019, at the Security Transformation Summit presented by Fortinet and produced by FedScoop and StateScoop. (Scoop News Group)

How the Marine Corps thinks about beating adversaries in cyberspace

Renata Spinks says the Marines want their cybersecurity-focused personnel to think like an adversary.

Dec 3, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

Jack Wilmer, DOD CISO — Jack Wilmer speaks Nov. 14, 2019, at the Workforce Summit presented by FedScoop and WorkScoop. (Scoop News Group)

Cyber Command has drastically cut hiring time for cybersecurity roles, says DOD CISO

The Cyber Excepted Service program is bearing some fruit, Department of Defense CISO Jack Wilmer says.

Nov 14, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

Cisco — (Praytino / Flickr)

Cisco will pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold US flawed surveillance software

The Department of Homeland Security and four branches of the U.S. military had purchased the affected software.

Aug 1, 2019 By Jeff Stone

Marine Corps — Marines sit at a Joint Tactical Common Operation Picture Workstation, or JTCW.

DOD unveils ‘Hack the Marine Corps’ bounty program

A new bug bounty program intended to find vulnerabilities in the Marine Corps’ public-facing websites will be the DOD's sixth such program.

Aug 13, 2018 By Mark Satter