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U.S. Navy and Marines Pursue Innovative Training Models

The services call on industry to follow the shift away from costly, week-long in-person training.

Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Belew, USMC, academics officer, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, speaking at AFCEA’s TechNet Augusta Virtual Series on May 18, reports that the service is working to incorporate an “always-on feedback loop” in which incremental change is incorporated in the academic cycle.

CISA: Do Not Pay Ransomware

Federal cybersecurity agency works to confront and protect against ransomware activity.

Making ransom payments in cyber attacks only fuels the business model of malicious actors, warns the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Brandon Wales, speaking to reporters on May 13.

President Biden Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

Measure aims to address large-scale adversarial attacks to the government and critical infrastructure.

The new cybersecurity executive order from the White House calls for the federal government’s increased use of multifactor authentication, encryption, endpoint detection response, breach logging, zero-trust architecture and cloud computing, according to a senior administration official. Credit: Shutterstock/Andrea Izzotti

New Service Academy Proposal Puts Focus on Building Cyber Workforce

A digital academy similar to service academies would enhance leadership and education in the cyber realm.

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Sponsored: Preserving America’s Space Dominance Through Software

A new space race is dawning. Luckily, the United States has an edge against competitors like China and Russia if it can keep it.

Federated ICAM Introduces New Capabilities for First Responders

Public safety stakeholders seek to advance trusted information-sharing capabilities.

Managing access to information systems involving data about drug overdoses, federal threats, criminal justice information, geographical information system (GIS) mapping or physical access to a crime scene is central to today’s public safety information technology environment. The Tennessee Dangerous Drug Task Force is part of a pilot program to advance federated ICAM initiatives for first responders. Credit: Shutterstock/Victor Yang

A Complex Approach Is Needed to Win Cyber Wars

The United States requires a cybersecurity overview and systematic defenses.

U.S. Marines assigned to the Defensive Cyberspace Operations–Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communications Battalion, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. The company executes defensive cyberspace operations for the Marine Corps Enterprise Network. Photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice, USMC, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Taking the First Steps for Privileged Access Management

Assessing what’s on a network helps with security audits.

Getting privileged access management right involves making sure the right security tools are in place and determining that they are easy to use and can interoperate with legacy software and systems, says Ross Johnson, director of federal sales for Thycotic Software Ltd. Credit:Shutterstock

DISA and JFHQ-DODIN's Orchestrated Response to SolarWinds

The organizations relied on their 24/7 cyber operations, supply chain management and partnerships.

Leaders from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network, including Gen. Garret Yee, Gen. Paul Fredenburg and Joe Wassel, found that the close working relationship of the two organizations was crucial in responding to the SolarWinds malware attack.

Trusting Zero Trust Architecture

Getting the cybersecurity method right is more complex than it seems.

Zero trust architecture isn’t a single architecture, nor is it a single solution that can be purchased, but an interrelated set of old and new technologies and methods working together, said Don Maclean, chief cybersecurity technologist for DLT Solutions.