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Defense Software Delivery Is Broken. Here's the Playbook to Fix It.
17+ hour, 45+ 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…...
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…...
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…...
AI-enabled watch towers set to proliferate along the border
3+ week, 15+ 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…...
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…...
Iran-linked hacktivists could target US state and local targets, experts warn
4+ week, 16+ 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…...
Fake DOD memo about ‘compromised’ apps shows swift spread of deceptive messaging
4+ week, 2+ day ago (327+ words) Yuliya Taba / Getty A purported U.S. Cyber Command memo claiming that multiple apps were "compromised" and could be revealing servicemembers" locations is fake, a DOD official confirmed to Defense One." "The command did not issue messages to U.S. service members to turn…...
Sen. Wyden to block confirmation for NSA director, citing lack of experience
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (384+ words) Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats on December 16, 2025. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is moving to halt Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd's confirmation to run U.S. Cyber Command and the…...
Why file trust fails at the tactical edge and how Zero Trust solves it
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (222+ words) Cross-domain solutions (CDS) are designed to protect data as it moves between trust boundaries'but at the tactical edge, traditional detection-based security models often fail. In denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments, signature updates, sandboxing, and centralized inspection cannot keep pace…...
Defense tech companies will weather the shutdown. But what happens next?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1290+ words) An employee at General Dynamics Scranton moves a mortar along the production line in August 2025. Aimee Dilger / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images From DOGE's initial descent to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, defense contractors are weathering policy changes…...