"It’s an honor and a privilege to serve as our country’s 28th Secretary of Defense, and I’m especially proud to be the first African American to hold the position," Austin tweeted. "Let’s get to work." Keep Reading
The acting secretary of the Army is John Whitley. The acting secretary of the Navy is Tom Harker. The acting secretary of the Air Force is John Roth. Keep Reading
Some of the computers were left open and logged into the government’s classified network known as the SIPRNet. Keep Reading
GAO looked at how cost and schedule estimates have changed in 15 major DOD IT programs and examined how software development approaches and cybersecurity practices may affect costs and timeframes. Keep Reading
Organizations that leverage operational technology have been keenly aware of the rising threats to critical infrastructure. Keep Reading
Two years into its existence, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is metamorphosing into what top defense officials are calling ‘JAIC 2.0’ to readjust focus across its extensive user base. Keep Reading
Bryan Ware was appointed assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in January. Valerie Boyd, assistant secretary for International Affairs in the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, assumed her role in April 2019. Keep Reading
The US Department of Defense has fixed a severe vulnerability impacting its internal network that would have allowed threat actors to hijack DOD accounts just by modifying a few parameters in web requests sent to DOD servers. Keep Reading
Before being nominated as the Secretary of the Army in 2017, Esper was the Vice President for Government Relations at the Raytheon Company. Keep Reading
The Department of Defense's approach to transforming its business operations is on the Government Accountability Office's High Risk List. GAO found weaknesses that hurt efficiency and effectiveness and render DOD's operations vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. Keep Reading
The Defense Department is set to transition to a long-term telework solution in June 2021, according to a Pentagon official. Keep Reading
The network modernization will create operational efficiencies, provide automated secure device access for users and reduce IT training and support overhead. Keep Reading
This workforce development program, called the Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI), addresses the nation’s critical cybersecurity talent gap by removing obstacles typically associated with establishing a new cybersecurity programs. Keep Reading
The Department of Defense (DOD) continues to face financial management issues and challenges that have prevented it from obtaining a clean audit opinion on the fair presentation of its financial statements. Keep Reading
The Department of Defense has published a new Data Strategy focused on accelerating the Department’s transition to a data-centric organization that uses data at speed and scale for operational advantage and increased efficiency. Keep Reading
"With regard to reports about E-6B aircraft on alert status, US STRATCOM has confirmed these E-6B aircraft were part of pre-planned missions. Any timing to the president’s announcement was purely coincidental." Keep Reading
The CY 2019 suicide rate for the Active Component is statistically comparable to CY 2017, but not going in the right direction; while the Reserve and National Guard rates are statistically lower than CY 2017. Keep Reading
However, the US Defense Department (DoD) said that “contract performance” by Microsoft (MSFT) will not start immediately due to the preliminary injunction order issued by the Court of Federal Claims on February 13. Keep Reading
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of open-source reporting of targeted denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against finance and business organizations worldwide. Keep Reading
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said "improving our lethality and our readiness" and "strengthening our alliances and partnerships" along with funding critical technology are key to Indo-Pacific maritime security as China increases "provocative" behavior in the region. Keep Reading