China-linked backdoor malware gave cyber actors access for at least 17 months into numerous organizations’ networks, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) warned in a joint-advisory. […]
President Donald Trump’s national security priorities for his second term zero in on technological dominance and economic strength while growing the U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere. […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) named 1,014 companies eligible to compete for work under the first phase of its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contracting vehicle this week. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – along with Australian and other international government partners – released on Dec. 3 a new guide for the secure integration of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into operational technologies (OT). […]
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is building an artificial intelligence (AI)-ready force the way a teaching hospital trains clinicians: rigorous classroom learning, side-by-side practice on world-class technology, and real problems. […]
Across mission networks and insider risk programs, practitioners are shifting from reactive firefighting to proactive, risk-aware operations, elevating signal over noise so leaders can act faster and with more confidence. […]
Two Virginia lawmakers are pushing to revive the government’s most influential IT oversight tools, warning that meaningful federal tech modernization won’t happen without a modernized FITARA Scorecard and a fully funded FedRAMP program. […]
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded technology company Peraton a $12.5 billion contract to modernize and replace legacy air traffic control (ATC) systems, the department announced on Thursday. […]
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday announced the creation of a task force overseeing the military’s first one-way attack drone squadron based in the Middle East. […]
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) began Phase II of its OASIS+ contract program, expanding the governmentwide vehicle to 13 service domains and keeping solicitations continuously open. […]
Codifying federal worker protections after the Trump administration’s major cuts to agency workforces will be key in rebuilding trust with federal employees, two House Democrats said Thursday night during MeriTalk’s Fix Fed Tech event. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is shutting down its program that pays incentives to retain highly skilled cybersecurity professionals after a watchdog report found that millions were paid to ineligible employees. […]
As federal agencies modernize IT systems and prepare for artificial intelligence (AI) compute demands, Supermicro is working with NVIDIA to expand efforts to help the government rapidly deploy purpose-built “AI factory” infrastructure. […]
At Splunk .conf25, leaders highlighted a significant shift toward artificial intelligence (AI) agent-assisted operations, emphasizing how machine data and observability are becoming critical control planes for faster, safer decision-making across public sector SecOps, ITOps, and broader mission objectives. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy on Thursday, which will integrate a five-pillar approach to the technology across all HHS components. […]
A pair of bipartisan senators are calling for immediate federal action after the first documented case of a successful cyberattack using artificial intelligence (AI) targeted 30 entities with minimal human intervention. […]
A group of Democrats are reviving legislation that would restrict the use of biased and discriminatory artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in making critical decisions in Americans’ lives. […]
Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), returned to the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday for a second confirmation hearing, this time making clear that the Moon – not Mars – is NASA’s immediate priority. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Thursday a OneGov agreement with Palo Alto Networks offering discounts of up to 60% for technology solutions designed to protect federal agencies’ cyber infrastructure. […]
A bill introduced in the House this week would task the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) with “formally” identifying foreign agencies, people, and other groups that are responsible for recent attacks against the United States and directs a separate effort to improve the current distribution of attack attribution data. […]
Public sector and higher education leaders are actively developing innovative data analytics and cybersecurity workforce models to combat escalating fraud and cyber threats. A key theme emerging from the recent Splunk conf.25 event in Boston was the critical role of observability practices – drawing insights from both public and private sectors – in ensuring the continuous availability and resilience of essential government and educational services. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) announced on Wednesday the opening of a new Mission Emerge Center in Springfield, Va., designed to give customers a hands-on environment to rapidly build, test, and validate technology solutions for intelligence and defense missions. […]
The Pentagon outlined a two-year plan to buy hundreds of thousands of small commercial drones as part of its new Drone Dominance Program. […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Dec.1 that a majority of its commissioners approved the agency taking legal action against edtech services provider Illuminate following a breach, “which allowed hackers to access the personal data of more than 10 million students.” […]
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are considering stronger export controls and increased investment in the U.S. workforce to combat China’s race against the United States for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance. […]
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act, sending it to the full House for further consideration. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is warning broadcasters that they must maintain cybersecurity standards after a cyber breach resulted in the broadcast of obscene materials and a false emergency alert. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is calling on service members to apply to become counterintelligence (CI) and human intelligence (HUMINT) specialists. […]
The second era of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us, in which we move from chatbots that intelligently answer our questions to agents that accomplish tasks autonomously, or nearly so, Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel noted at the recent Splunk .conf25 in Boston. […]
At Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), agility drives the mission. That means using Software as a Service (SaaS) wherever possible and innovating where it’s not – including with artificial intelligence (AI). […]