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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

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

CMMC Industry Advisory Council Announced

The council provides industry feedback on CMMC.

A newly formed industry advisory council will allow small and large businesses to provide feedback on the CMMC. Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Up-Tempo Technology Progress Shifts Power Balance

The scale may be tipping as China’s massive focus on innovation surges.

The NATO Ministers of Defence meet in February to prepare for its summit later this year. Among the topics socially distanced attendees discussed were progress on burden sharing and missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Credit: NATO

Flexible Consistency Improves Information Security

Retaining experience requires staff transfer procedures realignment.

Training sessions, such as Cyber Shield 19, provide cybersecurity analysts opportunities to train, exchange best practices and test their cyber mettle. Credit: Army Staff Sgt. George B. Davis

Prepare National Security Systems Now for Quantum Threats

Necessary NIST encryption standards are imminent.

With the National Institute of Standards and Technology expected next year to select quantum-resistant algorithms for encryption and for digital signatures, an NSA official warns that departments and agencies should begin preparing now to protect national security systems in the quantum era. Credit: sakkmesterke/Shutterstock

U.S. Cyber Command Saw 'Unique' Challenges in 2020

The command’s leader reports no compromise of DOD information networks from SolarWinds breach.

Adversaries are no longer merely launching attacks from their part of the world, says Gen. Paul Nakasone, USA, commander, U.S. Cyber Command, testifying before Congress on March 25. “They can come in the United States and use our infrastructure, and there is a blind spot for us not being able to see them,” he warns.

6G Will Blur the Lines Between the Physical and Digital Worlds

Future communications will bring the power of an intense network to any immediate environment.

One of the key challenges about 6G will be operating in ultra-high frequencies—in terahertz—and AT&T has started internal corporate development and external research at 60 U.S. universities to shape solutions for the next generation of wireless communication. Credit: Shutterstock/Den Rise

China Posing Power Challenge

Hybrid approach influences governance and military strategy.

China’s consolidated control its political mechanisms enables a unity of effort difficult to achieve in democracies. Credit: Shutterstock/Poring Studio

U.S. Defense Department Expands 5G Experimentation

Officials plan a second and possibly third round of experiments.

A signal support system specialist prepares a radio system used to allow soldiers and airmen to keep in constant communications with one another during their missions. Graphic illustration by Regina Ali, U.S. Defense Department