Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) has begun to solicit comments from policymakers and industry stakeholders about cyber protections by issuing a discussion draft on a bill that would establish minimal cybersecurity standards for
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Defense Sciences Office has unveiled the first two programs under DSO’s “Disruptioneering” initiative that aims to accelerate the process for investigating fundamental and applied science concepts
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop a machine learning system that incorporates abilities to read, discern, automatically adjust and learn through radio frequencies as part of a new program. DARPA
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The U.S. Air Force has partnered with SOFWERX to conduct a “rumble-style” battle experiment on unmanned aerial vehicles to collect information for potential drone operations, National Defense reported Thursday. Heather Wilson, secretary of the
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A National Institute of Standards and Technology-led program has issued a special publication on the updated framework to label information technology and cyber positions ahead of a December deadline to comply with
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Defense Secretary James Mattis wants the Defense Department to further invest in artificial intelligence and harness the technology for military applications, Wired reported Friday. “It’s got to be better integrated by [DoD],
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Qing Wu, principal electronics engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, has said a neuromorphic computer chip being developed by IBM could help boost the capacity of artificial intelligence-based defense systems, DoD News reported
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More than 270 ethical hackers joined the U.S. Air Force‘s “bug bounty” program that ran from May 30 to June 23, 2017. Participants in the Hack the Air Force event have found 207 valid
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The General Services Administration‘s Technology Transformation Service has challenged ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities within the agency’s government website development platform as part of a “bug bounty” program, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Laura Gerhardt, a
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Danny Toler, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity and communications office, will retire by the end of August after nearly four decades in government service, Federal News Radio reported
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