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Secretary of Defense Names New Director of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Robert Cardillo has been named the next director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and will take over as the agency’s leader in October from Letitia A. Long. Long announced her retirement and will leave later this year after four years as director, according to a Defense Department news release.

Book Review: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know

By P.W. Singer and Allan Friedman Oxford University Press, January 2014 (Brookings)

Access, Not Oil, Fuels China's South China Sea Policy

The focus is on maritime control of a large and growing area of influence.

A crewmember aboard a Chinese trawler tries to snag the towed acoustic array of a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship in international waters in the South China Sea.

National Security Agency Program Fills Critical Cyber Skills Gaps

Centers of excellence educate network warriors.

The Centers for Academic Excellence-Cyber Operations program is succeeding, NSA officials say, but enthusiasm at some schools has been dampened as a result of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Korean Cybersecurity Becomes a Joint Endeavor

A U.S. military cyber center serves as a partnering point with the Republic of Korea.

Col. Karlton D. Johnson, USAF, is the U.S. Forces Korea J-6 and senior communicator for U.S. forces in Korea.

U.S. Missile Defense Lags Emerging Threats

Advances in technology and new political conflicts both pose challenges to the current missile system.

Russian Topol-M ballistic missile. Russia and China have the capability to fit ballistic missiles with maneuverable reentry vehicle warheads capable of shifting course in flight. Photo by Vitaly V. Kuzmin, via Wikicommons.

China and Russia Pose an Array of Dangers to the West

Often at odds with one another, they unite against outside involvement in their regions.

Seaman Alex Snyder, USN, right, explains the functions of the helm on the navigation bridge of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to Maj. Gen. Chen Weizhan, deputy commander of the People’s Liberation Army, Hong Kong Garrison, center, and Col. Li Jiandang, Hong Kong Garrison liaison officer during a distinguished visitor embark.

Lone Wolf Terrorists Prowl the Balkans

Jihadi fighters flowing from Syria pose a potential threat.

Smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling in Homs, Syria. Many Jihadi fighters leaving Syria will funnel through the Balkans and may pose a threat to other parts of the world.

Military Evaluates Future Cyberforce

The National Guard is receiving special attention, as experts determine how to optimize its resources.

Virginia National Guard soldiers from the Fairfax-based Data Processing Unit respond to a simulated cyber attack during a cyberdefense exercise.

Intelligence Generates a Cyber Picture

Seeing is believing for geospatial intelligence products, even for the virtual world.

A Pleiades satellite image clearly shows buildings, including Olympic venues, in Sochi, Russia. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is employing its own intelligence products to help personnel from other intelligence organizations locate and identify structures worldwide that might be the source of hostile cyber activity.