New White House directive warns of cryptological risks from quantum computers

New White House directive warns of cryptological risks from quantum computers
New White House directive warns of cryptological risks from quantum computers

“Research shows that at some point in the not too distant future when quantum information science matures and quantum computers are able to reach a sufficient size and level of sophistication, they’ll be capable of breaking much of the cryptography that currently secures our digital communication,” a senior administration official said.

DoD’s cloud-based SABRE tool reaching IOC this year

DoD’s cloud-based SABRE tool reaching IOC this year
DoD’s cloud-based SABRE tool reaching IOC this year

“I think that we have struggled for a very long time on the Mission Partner Environment,” Danielle Metz, chief IT strategist for the office of the secretary of defense, said. “The combatant commanders have been screaming for the need to be able to seamlessly… collaborate not only internally with themselves, but across the mission partners.

CYBERCOM increasing intel collection in light of Russia-Ukraine conflict

CYBERCOM increasing intel collection in light of Russia-Ukraine conflict
CYBERCOM increasing intel collection in light of Russia-Ukraine conflict

“What we’re finding, though, in recent times is that ransomware is a national security imperative as well,” Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, director of operations for US Cyber Command, said.

Learning from Ukraine conflict, info security agency pushes ahead on JADC2

Learning from Ukraine conflict, info security agency pushes ahead on JADC2
Learning from Ukraine conflict, info security agency pushes ahead on JADC2

“The situation in Ukraine has made this more evident that we need to do the information sharing and we need to… mobilize our enterprise services,” Caroline Bean, acting director for DISA’s joint enterprise services directorate, told the AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2022 conference.

Army’s cyber risk framework aims to ‘crush’ daunting enemy: Bureaucracy

Army’s cyber risk framework aims to ‘crush’ daunting enemy: Bureaucracy
Army’s cyber risk framework aims to ‘crush’ daunting enemy: Bureaucracy

New framework designed “so we spend a vast majority of our time actually focusing on the security […] and not spending, where we traditionally were, about 80% of our time just getting the paperwork ready so we could get an approval to operate.”

Thunderdome going global? DISA says still room for industry, allies in zero-trust initiative

Thunderdome going global? DISA says still room for industry, allies in zero-trust initiative
Thunderdome going global? DISA says still room for industry, allies in zero-trust initiative

“As far as reaching out to kind of the multinational world and the federal space, we haven’t yet, but that’s something that’s kind of on the roadmap for us to get to,” Drew Malloy, technical director for DISA’s cyber development directorate, said.

DISA has 14 ways it wants industry to help it move ‘into the future’

DISA has 14 ways it wants industry to help it move ‘into the future’
DISA has 14 ways it wants industry to help it move ‘into the future’

The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency laid out 14 areas where industry can help the agency.