After nearly a year of piloting its digital “concierge AI” platform the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is ready to begin testing the platform within the agency, DISA’s technology lead said today. […]

Several Defense Department (DoD) officials highlighted the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity efforts on Thursday, starting with the department’s information security chief, who emphasized AI’s ability to enhance threat detection and response capabilities. […]

Members of the House Homeland Security Committee are probing the intelligence community to provide updated information on the cyber threat China poses to the United States in the wake of reports that claim the PRC breached major phone and broadband companies. […]

The Google Play Store has more than 200 malicious applications that resulted in nearly 8 million downloads onto mobile devices, according to a new report from the cloud security company Zscaler.  […]

After joining the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design Pledge in May, Google released its strategy on Tuesday for how it’s meeting the pledge’s seven security goals.   […]

The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has selected 14 post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) signatures which will begin to make their way toward the public, a top Federal official said on Thursday.   […]

Highly Assured Data-Centric Security (HADCS) goes beyond traditional perimeter-based security models by shifting the focus to securing the data itself, explained Keith Strini, the chief technical strategist for the Department of Defense and intelligence community at Dell Technologies. […]

Industry experts on Wednesday discussed how they are working with the Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence agencies to leverage zero trust to meet the information-sharing requirements of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and its partners. […]

As cyber threats evolve at lightning speed, Defense Department (DoD) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) David McKeown unveiled his top ten cyber priorities, with cryptographic modernization (CM), zero trust, and defense industrial base (DIB) cybersecurity at the top of the list. […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is utilizing cloud technology on its path to digital transformation to help it follow its internal mantra of “Buy vs. Build,” according to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry. […]

Members of the Open Government Federal Advisory Committee (OG FAC) and other top Federal officials said on Wednesday that technology should be leveraged in developing the sixth U.S. Open Government National Action Plan (NAP 6).  […]

The Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Science, under the Nuclear Physics (NP) program, is looking to award about $22 million for research and development (R&D) efforts focused on AI and machine learning (ML) solutions for nuclear accelerators and detectors.   […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is gearing up for growth in its out-of-the-continental United States (OCONUS) cloud environment, forecasting an expansion of its private and commercial cloud programs. […]

To mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, global tech trade association ITI released a new document on Tuesday that provides in-depth suggestions on how policymakers can improve the cybersecurity of AI models and systems. […]

A group of 40 public and private sector experts unveiled a report Tuesday that lays out more than three dozen cyber policy recommendations for the next administration to prioritize when elected in November. […]

The U.S. Army rolled out yet another artificial intelligence-tailored pilot on Friday, this time to dive into the innovative uses of generative AI (GenAI) for its acquisition activities. […]

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released two key AI policy documents with marching orders for Federal agencies this year, with looming deadlines in both November and December. […]

The Treasury Department announced Thursday that its efforts in taking a technology and data-driven approach to fraud and improper payment prevention saved more than $4 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2023, including recovering $1 billion by leveraging AI. […]

At the Google Public Sector Summit on Oct. 16, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network’s (JFHQ-DoDIN) deputy commander Brig. Gen. Heather W. Blackwell emphasized that prioritizing data is essential as the agency begins planning for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in defense. […]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently added three more AI use cases for the agency to work on – bringing its total number of AI use cases to four – with HUD’s chief AI officer (CAIO) saying the newer cases focus more on machine learning operations. […]

Incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into defense systems is critical to staying ahead of threat actors as the AI landscape rapidly changes and new cyber-threat trends emerge, according to a new Microsoft Digital Defense Report.   […]

The majority of Federal agencies are still in the early stages of transitioning to post quantum cryptography (PQC), with only seven percent of agencies saying they have a formal PQC plan and project team in place, according to research out today by GDIT. […]

As artificial intelligence-assisted cyberattacks grow and deepfakes, data breaches, and other cybersecurity risks loom, AI will continue to be an asset to cyber defenders in the future but will also increase the capabilities of threat actors, according to a new report on the future of AI tech.  […]

Members of Congress are looking for answers from both Federal agencies and U.S. telecommunications service providers following a report from the Wall Street Journal last week that says Chinese government hackers may have breached major U.S. phone and broadband companies’ wiretapping systems. […]

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., joined the Atlantic Council today for a discussion on the global risks facing the next president, but when it comes to ensuring that adequate AI regulation passes Congress, the senator said that no matter who wins, “don’t hold your breath.” […]

As the Federal government progresses in implementing cybersecurity frameworks to safeguard its networks, private sector leaders underscore that continuous adaptation of data backup and recovery plans are essential components of these frameworks. […]

Predictive artificial intelligence is likely to be “more important” than generative AI in the future for defense uses and resiliency, a top official from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said on Tuesday.  […]

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) director of cybersecurity and IT advised Federal agencies today to get ready and stay ready for when cyberattacks are inevitably going to take place. […]

A top official within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) painted a vivid picture today of the modern cyber landscape, and how the threat has evolved over the past decade to include both nation-state and non-aligned adversaries.  […]

A bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide more information on its efforts to advance quantum sensing technology – something the senators note is necessary to protect U.S. national security and outpace potential threats from China. […]