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The Evolving State of Cyber Warfare: Capabilities, Challenges and Projections of a Hyperconnected BattlefieldProvided By: AFCEA
May 2026The emergence of the cyber domain brought many positives to our society: accessibility, communications and a level of on-demand convenience that is unlike anything our predecessors have ever experienced. However, the increased connectivity that technology facilitates also presents a new level of vulnerability and next-generation threats. Understanding where the cyber battlespace begins and ends is an increasingly elusive challenge. In this AFCEA Cyber Committee white paper, experts discuss cyber warfare definitions, impacts of expanding technological capabilities, curre ...
From DoD Zero Trust Mandates to a Defensible Maturity Roadmap in 4 WeeksProvided By: Zephon
May 2026Zero Trust isn't a future goal-it's a mandate with real consequences. Federal and DoD organizations are under increasing pressure to prove compliance, but most struggle not with tools, but with demonstrating measurable, audit-ready maturity. Zephon's AISE platform turns that challenge into a competitive advantage by rapidly assessing your current state, identifying critical gaps across all seven Zero Trust pillars, and delivering a clear, prioritized, and defensible roadmap in just four weeks-so you can move confidently from uncertainty to action.
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How to Choose the Right InnerductProvided By: Maxcell
May 2026Current government RFPs for fiber infrastructure show strong, sustained nationwide demand for innerduct solutions across federal agencies, military bases, state IT and transportation departments, municipal broadband and utilities, and education and public safety networks. With the ongoing national broadband expansion, cybersecurity modernization, federal and DoD network hardening, and local governments shifting to fiber‑dense architectures, the need for innerduct, especially space‑saving, cost‑efficient options like MaxCell, is rapidly growing. Download our free MaxCell ...
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AV-over-IP and Unified Communications Are Transforming Federal CollaborationProvided By: Crestron
May 2026In this episode of our SIGNAL Executive Video, we speak with Joe Schauder, senior director of federal government at Crestron, a manufacturer and distributor of audiovisual technology and unified communications providing meeting-room capabilities to help agencies collaborate effectively and efficiently. Schauder said secure collaboration is critical in the age of remote work, especially between federal agencies sharing classified information. Crestron's tools focus on how the meeting rooms function as a whole. Learn more at crestron.com
Rethinking the Meeting Experience With Mission-Embedded, AI-Enabled Collaboration InfrastructureProvided By: Crestron
May 2026As federal missions grow more complex and distributed, agencies across the defense, intelligence and civilian communities are rethinking how they collaborate. Meeting rooms, command centers and executive spaces are no longer just venues for briefings-they are mission infrastructure that must support secure, real-time information sharing.
Building an Intelligent Network Fabric for Command, Control and DefenseProvided By: Nokia Federal
May 2026Future defense architectures will require networks that can both communicate and sense- simultaneously and intelligently- within the same spectrum resources. Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) represents a pivotal step in this evolution.
Beyond the Fence Line: Securing Civilian Infrastructure That Empowers National SecurityProvided By: AFCEA
Apr 2026Civilian infrastructure is the unguarded flank of national defense. While military bases operate within hardened cyber perimeters, the local water, power and communications systems they rely on often remain exposed. These vulnerabilities represent an underrecognized but serious national security risk. This Cyber Committee white paper discusses interdependencies, current vulnerabilities, existing policies and actionable recommendations. Securing the infrastructure surrounding our military installations must be prioritized as a national security imperative.
Accelerating ATO to Meet the Military’s Need for Capability at the Tactical EdgeProvided By: Spectro Cloud
Apr 2026Overcome the bottlenecks in the government's authorization model while securing cloud architectures at the tactical edge, key to keeping pace with today's modern, AI-driven battlespace.
The AI Botnet Tempest: Defending the Internet at the Edge for the Department of Defense and the Defense Industrial BaseProvided By: Cloudflare
Apr 2026The perfect cyber storm requires key ingredients to come together. Today, the confluence of AI, cheap botnets, and geopolitics have evolved DDoS attacks into AI-powered, hyper-volumetric weapons capable of overwhelming national-scale infrastructure in seconds. With malign actors' increased force, governments and industry need to rethink how the internet itself is protected.
Call For a National Space Systems Cybersecurity Governance BodyProvided By: AFCEA
Apr 2026This AFCEA white paper, written by members of the Cyber Committee, is a call to action for the policymaking entities tasked with implementing a space security strategy in Executive Order (EO) 14369: Ensuring American Space Superiority, and focuses on the cybersecurity governance of space systems, with governance being the core mechanism to realize a strategy effectively to strengthen national, economic and critical infrastructure security and increasingly leverage commercial innovation in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Integration of Cyber Into a National Concept of Operations Supporting the Interests of the United StatesProvided By: AFCEA
Apr 2026While existing research has examined cyber operations in support of military missions across the competition-crisis-conflict continuum, significant gaps remain in understanding how cyber capabilities can enable a truly integrated, whole of nation approach to protecting U.S. national and economic security. Sustaining critical infrastructure, supporting the national economy, meeting global commitments, enabling military mobilization and maintaining defense production all depend on reliable access to cyberspace. This white paper, written by members of AFCEA's Cyber Committ ...
Cybersecurity for the Frontline: Sector-Specific Priorities, Metrics and Assurance Frameworks - Vol. 4 of 4Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2026As cyber threats escalate and AI becomes embedded across every operational domain, organizations are confronting a new reality: frontline personnel--not IT or cybersecurity teams alone--now form the true cyber perimeter. Volume 4 of the Cybersecurity for the Frontline series, written by Cyber Committee and Homeland Security Committee members, translates this truth into a clear, sector‑specific roadmap for 2030, offering leaders a practical framework for measuring, validating and proving frontline cyber and AI readiness across all 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. ...
Cybersecurity for the Frontline: Operationalizing Cyber Resilience - Vol. 3 of 4Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2026Building cyber and AI literacy is only the beginning; operational resilience is achieved when frontline teams consistently apply those skills under real‑world conditions. Volume 3 of the Cybersecurity for the Frontline series, written by members of the Cyber Committee and Homeland Security Committee, shows exactly how to translate workforce capability into daily, repeatable operational behaviors. Volume 3 of 4.
Cybersecurity for the Frontline: Roles, Skills and Competency Frameworks for Frontline Cyber Readiness - Vol. 2 of 4Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2026As AI-enabled, cyber‑physical environments become the backbone of modern operations, organizations must redefine frontline roles and ensure every worker who touches digital systems carries measurable cybersecurity and AI competencies. Volume 2 of the Cybersecurity for the Frontline series, written by Cyber Committee and Homeland Security Committee members, provides this blueprint. Volume 2 of 4.
Cybersecurity for the Frontline: Foundations for a Cyber‑Ready Frontline Workforce in the AI Era -Vol. 1 of 4Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2026As cyber-physical systems, AI-driven operations and connected infrastructure transform every sector, frontline workers have become the true defenders of organizational resilience. Volume 1 of the Cybersecurity for the Frontline series, written by Cyber Committee and Homeland Security Committee members, establishes the strategic foundation for an AI‑ready, cyber‑literate workforce that can safeguard critical infrastructure in an era of rapid digital convergence. Volume 1 of 4
D2C pLEO: Reshaping Military SATCOMProvided By: Fuse Integration
Mar 2026Proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) is already reshaping military SATCOM - mostly through broadband user terminals that look a lot like the consumer internet, just in a harder place. The next shift is 4G/5G Direct-to-Cell (D2C), where satellites behave like cell towers and standard cellular waveforms reach handhelds and embedded modems without a dish. That matters because modern operations are increasingly mobile and mobility breaks comms first. A D2C layer provides persistent, low-rate connectivity that keeps communications flowing when everything else degrades.
The Emerging Edge March 2026Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2026In the March 2026 issue of The Emerging Edge, learn about the development, race, and other new information involving the world of Quantum technology.
AI At The Edge: Making Mission-Critical Intelligence Practical Provided By: Crystal Group
Feb 2026Artificial intelligence is increasingly being deployed across complex, distributed systems where data must be processed in real time. While centralized cloud infrastructure remains essential, many operational environments require AI-capable compute at the edge to reduce latency and limit dependence on continuous connectivity. Deploying AI outside controlled facilities introduces challenges related to environmental extremes, size, weight, and power constraints, and long-term reliability. Rugged edge computing platforms are designed to address these challenges, enabling c ...
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Why File Trust Fails at The Tactical Edge and How Zero Trust Solves ItProvided By: Glasswall
Feb 2026In tactical and forward-deployed environments operating under DDIL (Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, Limited bandwidth) conditions, files must be handled safely regardless of connectivity status. For security leaders, the challenge is not simply enforcing separation between domains; it's ensuring that every file entering or leaving a system can be trusted, regardless of its source, format, or delivery mechanism.
Fortifying the Tactical EdgeProvided By: Glasswall
Feb 2026In today's increasingly digital battlespace, U.S. military leaders face an unrelenting threat landscape-made more daunting by denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited (DDIL) network environments, where adversaries jam signals; connections drop; and bandwidth is scarce.
