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Cyber

Overall, DHS IG Says TSA’s Wireless Security Controls Are Effective

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has some “high-risk vulnerabilities” when it comes to implementing patch and configuration controls for its wireless networks and devices but “overall” the security of these systems and devices is effective, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) says in a new report. “We did not detect any high-risk vulnerabilities on its wireless network infrastructure or rogue or unauthorized wireless networks or devices attributed to TSA or the Federal Air Marshal Service,” says the…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]