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In this week's "Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook," the Army hopes the project will help answer some of its lingering questions the potential savings of transitioning to commercial cloud offerings.
September 28, 2015 The Defense Department has greenlighted three dozen commercial cloud offerings since it first overhauled its commercial cloud security processes in January.
September 28, 2015-
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The Army hopes the project will help answer some of its lingering questions about the potential savings of transitioning to commercial cloud offerings.
September 28, 2015 Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard said cyber weapons are following a similar trajectory as nuclear weapons and for now need top command and control authorities to be used.
September 25, 2015-
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When the military needs to send covert messages over its wireless networks, it cloaks the transmissions in virtual "noise" or chatter. This method hides secret communications effectively, but also consumes a lot of bandwidth, which limits message size and speed. Syed Ali Jafar is a research professor at the University of California Irvine. He's been working on a way to make military wireless networks larger, faster and able to accommodate more users, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency’s cyber defense headquarters says it's been involved in seven named operations since its establishment in January. Now the Joint Force DODIN is taking some of the operational pressure off of U.S. Cyber Command. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione tells Francis Rose more about DODIN and why its involvement in seven operations matters.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work says the Pentagon is making plans in case Congress cannot reach a budget deal or continuing resolution before Sept. 30.
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National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers told lawmakers that NSA needs to be restructured to deal with an ever-changing threat landscape.
September 25, 2015 -
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If you work or ever worked for the government, if you retired from Uncle Sam, if you applied for but didn't take a federal job, odds are somebody knows a lot of your secrets. Who did it, what exactly did they do, when did it happen, where, and often most elusively, why?
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Defense Department components are under orders to set up their own hubs to monitor their employees for signs of insider threats and respond if necessary. The Defense Intelligence Agency is one of the first DoD organizations to get its hub up and running. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, DIA started by asking whether its insider threat program could actually offer anything new
September 24, 2015 The Defense Information Systems Agency’s cyber defense headquarters has been involved in seven named operations since it started its duties in January.
September 23, 2015-
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U.S. Air Force policy states “It is the responsibility of all Airmen to tell the Air Force story.” But telling a story can put you face to face with a bully. Lt. Colonel Dan Ward,U.S. Air Force retired, is the author of "The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide To Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse" and "F.I.R.E.: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation." He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about his bullying experience in the Air Force and what you can learn from it.
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The Department of Homeland Security is on a roll. The GAO calls their priority goal on data work “outstanding,” the Association of Government Accountants gave the agency two awards for excellence in accountability reporting, and the second audit opinion in a row has come back clean. Chip Fulghum is the Chief Financial Officer at DHS. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose when it comes to success, it's a team effort.
September 22, 2015 -
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Preparations for a government shutdown are underway, so if Congress does wind up making a deal and keeps the government open, agencies have spent a lot of time and money for no reason. Chris Cummiskey was deputy under secretary for management and acting deputy under secretary for management at the Homeland Security Department. He's now CEO at Cummiskey Strategic Solutions. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the real costs of a government shutdown.
September 22, 2015
