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  • Cybersecurity

    April 2017

    More Resources Needed For Cyber Threat Intel

    By Yasmin Tadjdeh
    To help better thwart attacks against its networks, government and industry must invest more funding and resources into gathering cyber-threat intelligence.
  • Counterterrorism

    April 2017

    Help Wanted to Combat Social Media Threats

    By Vivienne Machi
    The Defense Department must work with Silicon Valley on ways to deter the growing weaponization of social media by state and non-state actors.
  • Cybersecurity

    April 2017

    Navigating Defense Department Cyber Rules

    By Robert S. Metzger
    Defense contractors by Dec. 31 are expected to provide “adequate security” to protect “covered defense information” using cyber safeguards.
  • Defense Contracting

    April 2017

    Special Operations Command Opens Doors for Small Firms

    “I would rather play a lot of blackjack than play roulette,” James “Hondo” Geurts, the chief of Special Operations Command’s acquisition, technology and logistics organization said recently.
  • Defense Contracting

    April 2017

    An Ethics Toolkit for Small Businesses

    By Ellen Martin
    For many small businesses, the path to becoming a contractor for the Defense Department may be daunting.
  • Contracting

    April 2017

    New Rules Emerge for Independent Research

    By Herb Fenster and Nooree Lee
    Without a change in direction, the department’s support for critical long-term research could continue on its downward spiral.
  • Defense Department

    July 2016

    Carter Officially Opens DIUx Boston

    By Jon Harper
    Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter officially opened the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental in Boston July 26, and unveiled a slate of new efforts to enhance the Pentagon’s outreach to the commercial technology sector.
  • Defense Contracting

    May 2016

    Amazon Cracks Code on How to Attract Innovators to Federal Market

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    "Thousands of pages of legislation have been passed by Congress over the years in efforts to overhaul the government’s procurement system. So it might come as a surprise to policy makers that one of the most transformative forces in the federal market of late is not a piece of legislation but insurgent industry player Amazon Web Services.<br/>"
  • Emerging Technologies

    May 2016

    The Third Offset May Already Be Here

    By Craig R. McKinley
    The question remains, what will the third offset actually be? Is it, perhaps, already with us and is as yet unrecognized?
  • Research and Development

    May 2016

    Former SOCOM Chief McRaven Aims to Put Texas on the Pentagon’s Radar

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Today's looming and complex defense challenges require fresh thinking and bold leadership, and that puts the burden on the nation’s academic institutions.
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