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MPs Call For ‘Cyber War’ To Protect UK: Paper
LONDON: The newspaper with arguably the best connections in the UK security world reports that a Parliamentary committee calls for cyber attacks on those who attack British interests. Here’s what the...
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Security Or Access? New DISA Strategy Seeks To Strike Balance
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants to kick down a lot of existing security boundaries so that commanders can work together efficiently without having their email, video and text messaging...
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‘U.S. Is Losing Cyber Espionage War’: HPSCI Chair Rogers
WASHINGTON: The United States is “losing the cyber espionage war” against China, Russia and other countries, but even in the face of such a grave threat the country cannot agree on how to protect its...
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After Pledging Huge IT Savings, Can NSA’s Alexander Deliver?
ORLANDO: Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, told a standing-room-only crowd at the annual Geoint intelligence conference last year that the NSA and its sister...
View ArticleCulture Lumbers Along Behind Tech In Cyber Realm, Says Google’s Schmidt
“When reached by cell phone the Taliban claimed credit,” said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt referring to Malala Yousufzai, the young woman shot and critically-injured for protesting against the Taliban....
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Cyber Chief Issues Call For Action — Not More Talk; Alexander Outlines Who...
WASHINGTON: The nation’s top military cyber commander offered his version of how government and military agencies are likely to work together when America suffers cyber attacks, and warned that...
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Intelligence Agencies Move Towards Single Super-Cloud
The intelligence community is developing a single cloud computing network to allow all its analysts to access and rapidly sift through massive volumes of data. When fully complete, this effort will...
View ArticleNSA Ready To Launch Classified Mobile Device Service
The National Security Agency is launching a mobile device capability at the end of this year that will allow its personnel to securely access classified information with their smartphones and tablet...
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US Doesn’t Know If China Helped North Korean Space Launch; Air Force To Boost...
WASHINGTON: North Korea’s recent successful launch of a satellite into orbit raises “lots of concerns for lots of reasons,” and means that the secretive state now possesses the capability of an...
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NSA Deputy Warns Against Cyber Vigilantes; CISPA Execution Must Be ‘Exactly...
WASHINGTON: The private sector — and the government — must “exhaust” the use of traditional responses such as public shaming, criminal charges, diplomatic demarches, and sanctions “before we...
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NSA Monitoring Imbroglio: Much Ado About System That Works
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to address the subtleties that are being missed or ignored by most critics of the NSA’s recently revealed PRISM program, but it’s gotten lost in the process of...
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Snowden Damage Still Being Assessed; ‘Deepest Of Deep Secrets’ At Risk, Says...
UPDATED: With Great Rep. Turner Quote On Snowden WASHINGTON: “The damage assessment is still underway,” about the effects of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency’s monitoring...
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Al Qaeda Evades Monitoring Thanks To Snowden: HPSCI Chair
WASHINGTON: America faces a new intelligence “gap” because an Al Qaeda affiliate has exploited information leaked by fugitive Edward Snowden so that the United States can no longer monitor the...
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Snowden Uproar Demoralizes Cyber Warriors: Ex-NSA Chief Hayden
NATIONAL HARBOR: Media outcry and public uproar over the Edward Snowden revelations have created a deeply demoralizing backlash against the US intelligence community and paralyzed key cybersecurity...
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New Intel Bill Would Force More FISA Court Reporting
AFA Conference: A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have presented a new bill designed to increase congressional oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and its main client, the...
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Santa’s In The Air! NORAD’s Tracking Him
PENTAGON: OK, I’m lying. I’m at home typing this because it’s Christmas Eve here in Washington, but my heart is at the Pentagon… One of the enduring holiday treats for military folks is NORAD’s Santa...
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Obama Boosts How Foreigners SIGINT Data Is Treated; Issues PPD 28
WASHINGTON: In a speech that demonstrated just how important SIGINT really is, President Obama issued a new policy directive today that essentially says, we’ll be more careful in the future about...
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Obama Picks Navy Admiral For NSA; Keeps CyberCom Ties
PENTAGON: Vice Adm. Michael Rogers is President Obama’s choice for one of the most politically fraught jobs currently in Washington: director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber...
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CyberCom Chief Alexander Lays Down Cyber Red Line; Destroy A Network, Risk War
CAPITOL HILL: On the day that China’s president took personal charge of his country’s new cyber body, pledging to make the People’s Republic of China a “cyber power,” the outgoing head of America’s...
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DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation
FORT MEADE, MD: “Remember the peace dividend we took in the Clinton years in the ’90s? Welcome back,” said Douglas Packard. “That’s where we’re at.” Some 20 years ago as defense budgets plummeted...
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