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Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info

Tags: Samuel Cox , DoD , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive , Keith Alexander

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New cybersecurity threat could revive legislation

Congress has a lot of unfinished business to tackle during its lame duck session expected in November. The House Intelligence Committee chairman thinks new threat information could push cyber legislation up the priority list.

Tags: technology , Congress , cybersecurity , National Security Agency , Keith Alexander , House Intelligence Committee , Mike Rogers , CISPA , Jared Serbu , information sharing , U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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DoD building cyber workforce of the future

Military's cyber leaders say job satisfaction has so far trumped salary concerns when it comes to building and retaining a workforce of elite cyber warriors. Building the capacity of that training pipeline is the next challenge.

Tags: Obama Impact , DoD , cybersecurity , workforce , Alan Paller , SANS Institute , Air Force , Michael Basla , Navy , Michael Rogers , Keith Alexander , DISA , Henry Sienkiewicz , Roger Greenwell , training , Jared Serbu , On DoD , DoD Report , Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive

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DISA to help military shift toward asia, increase cybersecurity

DISA laid out its vision in a new five-year strategy. It said it will work with the U.S. Cyber Command to build up the Pentagon's cyber defenses.

Tags: DoD , DoD Report , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DISA , Federal Drive

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Davis named new military cyber adviser

Maj. Gen. John Davis moves up from the position of director of current operations at the Cyber Command.

Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , John Davis , DoD , Federal Drive

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Cyber Command boss wants better integration of network warriors

Military's cyber offense and defense strategies are being executed by two separate teams that can't sufficiently share knowledge, per the commander of U.S. Cyber Command

Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , NSA , Keith Alexander , Coast Guard , Air Force , Robert Day , Suzanne Vautrinot , Jared Serbu

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Cyber Command official says agency has capacity to disrupt critical infrastructure

The director of intelligence at U.S. Cyber Command said the command has the capacity to significantly damage a country's infrastructure if necessary. Rear Adm. Samuel Cox said such an attack would only come after officials at the highest levels of government approved the operation because there would be a risk of collateral damage.

Tags: DoD , Samuel Cox , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity

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DoD using cyber teams like aircraft - for offense and defense

Gen. Keith Alexander said a recent cyber exercise is the first time the military showed it can do offensive and defensive capabilities at the same time, by the same team. This was part of Alexander's answers to questions from Sen. John McCain.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , DoD , Keith Alexander , John McCain , Senate , NSA , Congress , information sharing , critical infrastructure , Jason Miller

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DoD, DHS officials keep pressure on Congress for new cyber laws

The government is working with a cobbled-together set of authorities and responsibilities when it comes to protecting networks from cyber threats, a top Homeland Security Department cyber official said Wednesday. Congress needs to act soon to update the nation's cybersecurity posture, he said.

Tags: cybersecurity , DoD , DHS , critical infrastructure , information sharing , University of Rhode Island , ODNI , DIA , James Langevin , Michael Flynn , Mark Weatherford , Jared Serbu

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Pentagon nears expansion of cyber information sharing effort

A pilot program DoD established to share cyber threat information between the NSA and Defense companies will be made permanent and expanded to include approximately 200 companies in the coming months.

Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , James Moran , NSA , Teri Takai , Samuel Cox , Neal Ziring , information sharing , defense industrial base , Jared Serbu

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