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In his June interview with SIGNAL Magazine, Gen. Keith B. Alexander advocated bringing together the signal community, signals intelligence and the cyber community. In that interview, he said, “We need to think of ourselves not as signals, not as intelligence, not as cyber, but instead as a team that puts us all together.” Yet, that goal raises several questions. How can these concepts be achieved? How can a combination of more than 15,000 system enclaves from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force become interoperable? What technologies are needed in the next five years while insufficient budgets make consolidations difficult?

Policy really matters when it comes to tagging where people are and protecting their rights.

Technology needs to do more as fewer personnel add new roles and missions.

A massive telecommunications infrastructure modernization effort in Afghanistan is designed to contribute to socioeconomic development; provide entry into the global information society; and support national prosperity, sustainability and stability. A key part of that effort is coming to fruition: officials with a telecommunications advisory group in that country expect the completion very soon—possibly this month—of a fiber-optic ring around the nation’s perimeter.

Several ways of fooling optical scanners may fade under the light of a new technique.

The Atlantic alliance plans a modern, enterprisewide network.

Advanced biometrics are changing the face of human detection.

The FBI faces the future with new technologies in hand.

A federal agency is spearheading a public/
private effort to establish a digital trustmark.