Weekly Briefing: Defense Networks & Cyber

The latest defense networks & cyber news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

Webinar: Considerations for Network Security and Performance

Presented by General Dynamics Mission Systems

Understand the differences between Layer 3 IP and Layer 2 Ethernet encryption approaches. Learn how both solutions can be employed together to achieve data protection with optimal network efficiencies.

NSA Urges Defense Sector to Adopt Zero-Trust Model After SolarWinds Hack Microsoft President Brad Smith testified that a team of internal Microsoft security experts investigating the breach at the company estimated that the SolarWinds hack involved the work of "at least 1,000 engineers," the sort of scale that would require a government's commitment of people and money. Three top cyber leaders told lawmakers that old security models are no longer adequate for today's IT environments.

Human Rights: A New Role For The Intelligence Community Human rights literally disappeared from former President Trump's National Security Council (NSC) when he dropped the term from the position once known as the special assistant to the President for multilateral affairs and human rights. President Biden has appointed a new coordinator for democracy and human rights in the NSC. This firmly reestablishes the issue…

Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry In wargames at Fort Benning, troops used radio sensors to detect "enemy" forces long before patrols stumbled across them.

CEO Interview: SAMI To Strengthen Local Supply Chain When asked what the US and other allies can do to better support SAMI with its military expansion, CEO of SAMI said the strategy is to keep working with the best to build the know-how, grow together in the Kingdom and deliver customers' requirements.

Lockheed To Use UAE-designed AI For All Aircraft "As the work progressed, we were able to digitize the time-consuming process of inspecting aircraft manually and delivered a real-world solution that drives significant time and cost savings as a result," Hala Alzargani, with Lockheed Martin, explained.

Air Force Working To Minimize Damage From ABMS Budget Cut "We're doing everything in our power to keep efforts going, because we believe … it's the right way to help design our future force,"acting Air Force acquisition head Darlene Costello says.

CJCS Gen. Milley Reviews JADC2 Strategy While Industry Jostles For Position Digital engineering. Open software standards. Edge processing. Connectivity. Autonomy. DevSecOps. The buzzwords are flying as defense contractors jockey to tout their respective capabilities as DoD's plans for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) begin to manifest — and new business opportunities.

Experts Tell Congress How To Turn Innovation Into Reality Emphasizing venture capital, modular open architecture, and software development will help turn neat ideas into battle-ready weapons, acquisition gurus told Congress. But having separate bureaucracies for Research & Engineering and Acquisition & Sustainment may be a problem.

DoD Deal Targets Doubling Efficiency Of 5G Spectrum "Fundamentally, we do it the same way as noise canceling headphones; we listen to what the radio transmits and inject it in reverse in the radio, so the radio thinks that it doesn't hear itself, and it can hear everything else" Joel Brand of Kumu Networks says.

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