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.

Internet Operations Management: It's The Key To Network Visibility [Sponsored] IOM is how organizations continuously discover, monitor, and manage all of its internet-connected, internet-facing systems.

Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25 More quickly, efficiently, and effectively getting soldiers the working tech they need is a big goal of the capability sets.

The Latest In Encryptors For Secure, Classified Comms To The Tactical Edge [Sponsored] One of the most important tactical tools for the warfighter are encryptors that extend classified, secure communications from the tactical edge to the enterprise.

Digital Design Revolution Key To All Domain Ops: Air & Space Officials Say Digital "transformation" is "critical to being able to maintain our advantage over peer competitors," Kristen Baldwin, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for science, technology & engineering, says.

DISA Seeks 'Radical' New Electromagnetic Battle Management System Prototypes should provide "a radically new set of capabilities," according to DISA. "This work has never been done before within the DoD and requires a novel approach."

Which Systems Can Be Improved With Better UX? All Of them. [Sponsored] "We have great technology, which is constantly being improved, but quite often the end user has been left to deal with the complexity of these systems," said Visual Logic Partner Andy Van Fleet.

Pentagon Watchdog Warns Services About Cyber Threat In 3D Printing A Pentagon watchdog's new report brings together the services' lacking efforts in cybersecurity and ambitious strides in additive manufacturing.

Government's 'Critical Software' Rules Could Drive Away Industry "It's quite possible that if [the government] doesn't get this right, then none of those companies will want to do business with government," defense acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt told Breaking Defense. "That's extremely problematic."

DoD Kills JEDI, Pivots To Multi-Cloud Acting DoD CIO John Sherman said Microsoft and AWS will likely be invited to bid on JWCC, and DoD will also look at the capabilities of other US-based cloud service providers, such as Google, IBM, and Oracle.

No Cloud Is An Island

[Sponsored] For DoD multi- and hybrid-cloud environments, the ability to execute continuous Authority to Operate control is important in order to ensure that both cloud infrastructure and cloud-native applications are secure.

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