Cyber

Your news and information resource bringing the civilian, defense, industry, private sector and critical infrastructure cyber conversations together in one place.


  • The US Navy had cybersecurity wrong. Expect change.
    The US Navy had cybersecurity wrong. Expect change.

    “We have 15 years of track record that proves that the current approach to cybersecurity, driven by a checklist mentality, is wrong,” says Aaron Weis, the service’s chief information officer. “It doesn’t work.”

  • Proposed US Army budget funds third Multi-Domain Task Force
    Proposed US Army budget funds third Multi-Domain Task Force

    “One of our new formations that we’re developing is called the Multi-Domain Task Force,” Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said March 30. “It is designed to be able to bring together not just the traditional kinetic effects, but also to be able to leverage information, cyber and space.”

  • Russian efforts in Ukraine have not yet spilled over into cyberattacks on US, says lawmaker
    Russian efforts in Ukraine have not yet spilled over into cyberattacks on US, says lawmaker

    “Russia is one of the two most capable cyber adversaries we face globally. Whether they have the ability to completely destabilize our country and win a war is a whole different conversation.”

  • Pentagon seeks $11.2 billion for cyber in FY23 budget request
    Pentagon seeks $11.2 billion for cyber in FY23 budget request

    The Department of Defense’s larger ask and continued emphasis on cyberspace come amid a torrent of concerns expressed by lawmakers and other officials, as well as Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.

  • Following cyberattack, communication satellite operators want more guidance on reporting
    Following cyberattack, communication satellite operators want more guidance on reporting

    Satellite communications companies say new guidance for companies to increase their cyber incident reporting is a win for the industry and could help raise awareness about attacks.

  • Biden: Russia mulling cyberattacks on US
    Biden: Russia mulling cyberattacks on US

    “As I said, the magnitude of Russia’s cyber capacity is fairly consequential, and it’s coming,” President Joe Biden said March 21.

  • US government clients unaffected by Viasat cyberattack
    US government clients unaffected by Viasat cyberattack

    “The investigation into the recent cyber event on the KA-SAT European network continues in partnership with law enforcement, government partners and Viasat’s third-party cybersecurity firm,” Viasat said in a statement March 11. “We currently believe this was a deliberate, isolated and external cyber event.”

  • Blue, yellow and gray zone: The cyber factor in Ukraine
    Blue, yellow and gray zone: The cyber factor in Ukraine

    Russia’s combined air, land and sea assault on Ukraine was preceded by waves of cyberattacks, the sort of gray-zone meddling analysts and defense officials had foreseen. Websites were hamstrung. Malware coursed through computers. Communications were hampered. But the efforts were not crippling.

  • Why has Russia’s emerging tech had so little impact on its invasion of Ukraine?
    Why has Russia’s emerging tech had so little impact on its invasion of Ukraine?

    There is still a possibility that the Kremlin will begin to leverage more advanced technologies in the future. Russia’s military already possess these capabilities, ranging from unmanned ground vehicles previously used in Syria to tactical and loitering UAVs which will arm Russian commanders with clearer battlefield situational awareness and hypersonic missiles.

  • Washington must do more to support companies facing Russian hackers
    Washington must do more to support companies facing Russian hackers

    Moscow has repeatedly demonstrated that its hackers — which include military and intelligence cyber units as well as “independent” proxies — have the capability to inflict untold damages on the infrastructure and companies the global economy depends upon.