Safe Mode How the Pentagon is embracing AI; election officials’ concerns going into 2024 Jack Shanahan, former Lieutenant General in the US Air Force Feb 8, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
mastaka/Getty Images Opinion: Why doctrinal arguments continue to stymie effective cyber policies U.S. cyberspace policymakers view military principles with a dangerous disregard of what it actually takes to make American networks secure. Aug 19, 2022 By James Van de Velde
(Wikicommons) The NSA has a new interim cybersecurity director The interim NSA Cybersecurity Director previously served as Cyber Command's executive director. Jan 28, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
Gen. Paul Nakasone (Wikimedia Commons) Lawmakers throw cold water on splitting Cyber Command from NSA Congress is hitting back. Dec 21, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
Illustration of suspected Chinese government hackers. (Courtesy of Cyber Command.) How the Pentagon is trolling Russian, Chinese hackers with cartoons Cyber Command has a graphics company on hand to mock foreign hackers. Nov 12, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
The task is, in many ways, one of the most sweeping, high-profile cybersecurity supply chain issues the U.S. government has ever attempted to solve. (Getty Images) How the government is keeping hackers from disrupting coronavirus vaccine research Behind the scenes, DOD has been working to protect the U.S. government effort to produce a coronavirus vaccine against foreign hacking. Sep 8, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
The welcome screen of the virtual reality environment for aerospace workshops at DEF CON 2020. (Screenshot) DEF CON’s Aerospace Village looks to satellite hacking to improve security in space The aerospace hacking village at DEF CON is going to look pretty different this year. Aug 6, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(DoD News / Flickr) How COVID-19 changed Cyber Command’s ‘Cyber Flag’ exercise Even the military's hackers have to work from home. Jun 25, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
USTRANSCOM’s Control, Communications and Cyber Systems Directorate adding software and imaging laptops at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 15, 2020. Cyber Command has been working on a project for two years is going to cost five times more than what military officials originally estimated, according to a Government Accountability Office report. GAO: Cyber Command is overspending on data tools The project is going to cost five times more than what military officials originally estimated. Jun 5, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Lorie Shaull) The governor’s office says the NSA isn’t involved in the response to Minnesota’s protests. But here’s how it could be. Comments by Gov. Tim Walz, combined with activity by the military, created some confusion about role of the Pentagon's foreign signals intelligence agency. Jun 1, 2020 By Shannon Vavra