Gen. James Rainey, the head of the U.S. Army Futures Command, is warning against fully replacing soldiers and conventional weapons with machines. Speaking to TechNet Augusta conference attendees, he recommended that the Army build formations balancing human personnel and artificial intelligence to ensure that commanders do not fully rely on the technology to make decisions. […]
Lawmakers are urging the Federal Trade Commission to probe YouTube and parent company Google for potentially violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires parents to consent before companies can gather data on users below 13 years old. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Ed Markey sent a letter to the agency on Thursday after an […]
Col. Donald Brooks, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence commandant, said at the recently-concluded Functional Area 40 Training Forum at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado that training and integration requirements for denied, degraded and disrupted space operating environments were identified during the event. The forum, which took place from Aug. 15 […]
Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, is requiring the executive departments aside from the Pentagon to fully comply with 2021 cybersecurity guidance by the end of 2023. He asked the agencies to submit implementation plans by the end of September. In a memo first obtained by CNN, Sullivan warned the Cabinet secretaries that […]
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, the head of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, seeks to better educate commanders and troops about what is possible in cyber operations. Speaking at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association TechNet Augusta conference, she called on national training centers to teach more about offensive cyber, information advantage and electronic warfare […]
The leader of the U.S. Army Cyber Command said enterprise cloud environments are not inherently secure. In contrast with experts who say such environments are safer because they enable faster threat responses, ARCYBER Commander Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett stressed that proper design and implementation are paramount for security. She explained at the TechNet Augusta conference […]
Sean Jones has joined the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory as deputy laboratory director for science and technology. Beginning on Oct. 9, he will assume responsibilities as chief research officer, senior science strategist and adviser. In a press release, Jones said he would support improvements to Argonne’s facilities and research programs and build a […]
Jennifer Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software, said continuous integration/continuous delivery is essential because software forms the foundation of most of the service’s systems. Swanson took part in a TechNet Augusta conference panel on Tuesday where she and other Army officials talked about how agile acquisition would facilitate the […]
The U.S. Army is seeking industry feedback on artificial intelligence bills of materials, which list the digital makeup and supply chain sources of third-party algorithms and applications. Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, explained that the service wants to avoid companies refusing to disclose certain ingredients in […]
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, has revealed that the White House is making a decade-long federal agency modernization plan to phase out legacy systems and strengthen national cybersecurity. At a Nextgov/FCW event on Tuesday, DeRusha explained that old systems make it difficult to implement guidance on encryption and multifactor authentication. He added […]
