Tag: cybersecurity

National Security The vice president’s farewell on nuclear security, Brookings Pentagon readies aggressive ISIS proposals for Trump, CNN Russia says ready to talk to Trump about nuclear arms, Syria, Reuters Pentagon Chief Says Russia’s Actions Constrain Cooperation, Bloomberg Obama’s Management Legacy – It’s Complicated, Government Executive Russia Extends Snowden’s Residence Permit By ‘A Couple Years’, […]

The Department of Homeland Security recently announced the release of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP). The updated NCIRP was released in December 2016. DHS had previously spoke of the coming update earlier in the year, as the NCIRP had not been updated for six years.. In a statement released today, DHS Secretary Jeh […]

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Last week future Homeland Security secretary retired Marine General John F. Kelly took questions from members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. During the hearing, Kelly spoke of his experiences and answered questions from a pre-hearing questionnaire. On the topic of interagency cooperation, Kelly said “I have no rice bowl,” indicating that he had no […]

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On January 5, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre and U.S. Cyber Command commander Navy Admiral Michael S. Rogers spoke before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on foreign cyber threats to the United States. There, the Pentagon officials discussed emerging cyber challenges and Department of Defense (DoD) plans to address them. […]

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Earlier this month the Atlantic Council published a report focusing on actions by an advanced cyber adversary. The report, Cyber and Deterrence: The Military-Civil Nexus In High-End Conflict, analyzes cyber’s role in deterrence and defense, specifically the military-civil nexus and the relationship between the Department of Defense (DoD), civil agencies, and key private operational cyber entities. Last year, the […]

National Security Inside LAX’s New Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Unit, The Atlantic DHS Designates Election Systems Critical Infrastructure, Nextgov North Korea’s missile testing ‘serious threat’ to U.S.: defense secretary, Reuters NNSA Denies Report Top Nuclear Officials Removed by Trump Team, Defense News Trump transition team weighs keeping on Obama’s deputy defense secretary, The Washington Post Intelligence Chief […]

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