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Business/Financial

SASC Investigation Finds Flaws in DoD’s Cyber Attack Reporting Procedures for Contractors

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

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SASC Investigation Finds Flaws in DoD’s Cyber Attack Reporting Procedures for Contractors

U.S. Transportation Command was aware of only two of at least 20 cyber intrusions on its contractors in a one-year period, according to an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee, sparking the committee to include corrective action in its version of the 2015 defense authorization bill. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said the problem outlined in his investigation report–just declassified on Wednesday–is two-fold. First, transportation companies, some of them small businesses, have not been able to keep their networks…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

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 […]

Congress

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 […]