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New Senate Legislation Expands DHS Ability to Detect Cyber Breaches

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

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New Senate Legislation Expands DHS Ability to Detect Cyber Breaches

A bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday would greatly expand the powers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect and defend against intrusions on any civilian government network, a measure its sponsors say is necessary to guard against cyber attacks like the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) breach that compromised the personal information of more than 21 million people.The Federal Information Security Management Reform Act of 2015 (FISMA Reform)is sponsored by Senate Intelligence Committee members Susan Collins (R-Maine), …

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]