The U.S. Air Force has partnered with Google Cloud to help drive its latest flight simulation platforms in a bid to enhance pilot training. The Defense Innovation Unit purchased the technology offering affordable and versatile cloud-based training for various types of plane simulations. According to Mike Daniels, vice president for the global public sector at […]
Gen. Richard Clarke, U.S. Special Operations Command commander, said the military’s elite joint force of fighters will be the first in the Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence in warfare. During the Hudson Institute virtual event held on Dec. 7, he said SOCOM will be the testbed for the emerging technology and fully AI-enabled […]
CACI President and CEO John Mengucci has received his first Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic as part of the 2020 selection. Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson presented the award in recognition of Mengucci's success in growing CACI's revenue through large contract awards and strategic acquisitions, GovCon Wire reported. Mengucci joined CACI in June […]
The Trump administration has issued an executive order directing federal civilian agencies to ensure that their artificial intelligence technologies are trustworthy. The executive order laid down nine principles for the design, development, use and acquisition of AI. The principles are based on ones already established by the defense and intelligence communities, FedScoop reported. “Artificial intelligence […]
Erin Miller, vice president for Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, said cybersecurity vulnerabilities to the commercial space sector will grow in the years to come as technological capabilities increase across domains. She added that cybersecurity awareness and educational resources should be improved as the global space economy is seen to surpass $1T by 2040, […]
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network, said the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a “cybersecurity paradigm shift.” Speaking at AFCEA International’s 2020 TechNet Cyber virtual event, the Wash100 awardee indicated that DOD's zero trust model presupposes that the agency’s networks, […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has adopted a specialized cloud-based browsing tool in response to the wider attack surface introduced by the agency's increasingly remote workforce. The agency's Cloud Based Internet Isolation program still works even if the employee does not connect to the virtual private network “to get to the DOD-specific stuff and they […]
The Department of Defense began the implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Tuesday, requiring all defense contractors to ensure that their cybersecurity competency is up to snuff moving forward. Katie Arrington, chief information security officer of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 winner, considers the start of the CMMC as a […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's cloud service baseline requirements will be adjusted in accordance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's new revisions on security and privacy controls. Noblis principal Andrew Lins, a FedRAMP cybersecurity expert, said the FedRAMP program management office will accept public comments on the baseline updates for 90 […]
Andrew Moore, general manager for artificial intelligence and industry solutions at Google Cloud, said AI is more challenging to manage and monitor than to build the technology. During the virtual FedTalks 2020 event, he told federal agency leaders that an organization will need a bigger group to enhance, run and check than to design and […]
