The White House is seeking public input on securing open-source software development. In a request for information posted on Thursday, the Office of the National Cyber Director and other agencies asked what areas the federal government should prioritize and what policy and technical barriers should be considered. They also asked how to support efforts to […]
AFWERX has awarded ZE Government Solutions a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract to produce a drone-based indoor threat detection system. The solution is meant to enable situational awareness and indoor threat response by combining artificial intelligence-powered object detection video analytics technology with confined space unmanned aerial systems. ZEGS is the federal government-focused subsidiary […]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Valiant a two-year, $18 million task order to deliver advanced cyber support at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and other locations. Under the Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate’s mission assurance program, Valiant is expected to conduct threat-emulative cyber assessments, plan operations, manage documents and develop code and related tools. The […]
The Biden administration is putting up a total of $25.5 million in prize money for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led competition to address software vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence. Of that sum, DARPA has set $7 million aside for small business participants. A qualifying event for the AI Cyber Challenge will take place in spring […]
Sen. Mark Warner has questioned the readiness of Google’s medical artificial intelligence tool, citing reports of repeated inaccuracies and concerns by company researchers. In a letter to Google on Tuesday, he said the premature rollout of the Med-PaLM 2 large language model could diminish trust in medical institutions, worsen racial differences in health outcomes and […]
Gary Wang has taken on the chief technology officer position at digital services firm DMI, where he will lead strategy formation and the delivery of solutions to support customers’ business and mission objectives. DMI CEO Douglas Thurston, a 4×24 member, emphasized Wang’s experience with digital transformation, technical acumen and strategic vision. For his part, Wang […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking feedback on a draft of the Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, the successor to a 2014 document meant to help organizations understand, address and communicate about cyber risks. NIST intends for the new version to reflect changes in the field and simplify implementation. Cherilyn Pascoe, the CSF 2.0’s […]
The White House is establishing the Government Coordinating Council, a new cyber policymaking body for K-12 institutions. The council is meant to assist schools with responding to cybersecurity attacks and facilitate collaboration between various levels of government. Meanwhile, the Department of Education and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wrote three digital infrastructure briefs to […]
Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, program executive officer for command, control, communications and battle management, said the U.S. Air Force is building an architecture for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative’s kill chains. During a keynote speech at a recent industry event, Cropsey said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall received the first analysis of that […]
Florida-based Beast Code will combine its digital twin capabilities with Amentum’s engineering solutions under a strategic agreement to support federal modernization efforts. Beast Code’s offering aggregates data from various sources and presents it as a 3D digital twin. The offering is a web-based tool that can be installed on the cloud, in on-premises environments and […]
