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defenseone.com > sponsors > 2026 > 04 > defense-software-delivery-broken-heres-playbook-fix-it > 412409

Defense Software Delivery Is Broken. Here's the Playbook to Fix It.

16+ hour, 25+ min ago  (452+ words) For seven years as an Active Duty Intelligence Officer, I used terrible tools in critical environments. I watched missions fail because we couldn't make the call in time. I watched fixes get identified, put on contract, and quietly sit on…...

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defenseone.com > sponsors > 2026 > 03 > establishing-agentic-ai-cybersecurity-defense-organization-department-war > 412271

Establishing an Agentic AI Cybersecurity & Defense Organization in Department Of War

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (159+ words) Agentic AI Authorization reshapes how security is managed by requiring a more integrated and collaborative approach among stakeholders. Unlike traditional software, AI systems are dynamic, ... Establishing an Agentic AI Cybersecurity & Defense Organization in Department Of War Agentic AI Authorization reshapes…...

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defenseone.com > threats > 2026 > 03 > AI-intelligence-new-global-threat > 412232

US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (501+ words) Artificial intelligence is a major subtheme of the U.S. intelligence community's annual report on threats'one increasingly described in strategic, not just technical, terms. The new version of the annual report treats AI far more prominently than in 2024 and 2025. It gives AI…...

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defenseone.com > defense-systems > 2026 > 03 > ai-enabled-watch-towers-set-proliferate-along-border > 412041

AI-enabled watch towers set to proliferate along the border

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (309+ words) The Department of Homeland Security plans to install AI upgrades in 148 of its uncrewed camera towers on the U.S. border this year, and to add another 50 next-generation ones. On Wednesday, GDIT unveiled its pitch for the job: the Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance…...

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defenseone.com > ideas > 2026 > 03 > quantum-curtain > 411967

The quantum curtain

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (409+ words) Peter W. Singer and August Cole Discussions of quantum computing regularly predict the end of digital secrecy, which would have society-altering consequences. But what if the opposite happens?If quantum encryption software becomes available to citizens around the world, digital secrets…...

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defenseone.com > threats > 2026 > 03 > iran-linked-hacktivists-could-target-governments-experts-warn > 411874

Iran-linked hacktivists could target US state and local targets, experts warn

4+ week, 15+ hour ago  (422+ words) ATTA KENARE via Getty Images Further escalating hostilities in Iran could leave state and local governments in the crosshairs of hacktivists aligned with the regime as they look to retaliate in cyberspace, experts warned this week. While internet traffic in…...