Cybersecurity
Navy elevates CIO role
The Navy is establishing a new special assistant to the secretary for information management/CIO to enforce cybersecurity standards, have a say in IT acquisition and develop data and digital strategies.
Modernization
Marines look to hit key JRSS milestone by year's end
The Marines Corps expects to complete the first implementation of the Joint Regional Security Stacks in Quantico, Va.. by the end of 2019.
Cybersecurity
Lessons learned from DOD's bug bounty programs
The Marines Corps Cyber Command just completed a month-long bug bounty program, but there's much more work to do.
Modernization
Meet the Marines' new CIO
Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock talks about how the service is looking to gain technical advantage.
Cybersecurity
Marines take lessons from special forces in crafting cyber career path
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller said long-term stability is key: "Once you’re, in you’re in."
People
Navy axes CIO office in reorg
Navy Undersecretary Thomas Modly announced his new role as Navy CIO, collapsing the previous office that oversaw IT guidance for the Marine Corps and Navy.
Modernization
Armed services plan for an increasingly mobile future
The Air Force, Marine Corps and Army are looking to bring logistics tracking and wireless learning capabilities to mobile devices for troops.
Cybersecurity
Learning to 'fight through the hurt'
Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett wants U.S. cyber forces to be able fight through "Puerto Rico levels" of devastation.
Acquisition
Federal employees honored for tech, humanitarian work
At a time of generally low public trust in government, the Partnership for Public Service honored the work of civil servants at its annual awards gala.
Modernization
Military IT chiefs want combat-ready infrastructure
Army CIO Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher said current DOD networks aren't necessarily what's required for the next conflict.
Cybersecurity
Student cyber teams do battle
Student cyber teams from the military academies are doing battle with an NSA-led red cell trying to disable their networks in the NSA's annual Cyber Defense Exercise.
Modernization
Marines want industry help with mobility
U.S. Marine forces operations are increasingly expeditionary, but their IT systems are not keeping pace, so the Corps is asking industry for help with mobility.
Digital Government
Marines could see secure handhelds by 2019
A new program will provide rugged secure handheld smart devices to Marines.
Modernization
Agencies see a long and expensive path to the cloud
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Marine Corps stressed the importance of modernizing legacy systems, but warned that the cloud does not come easy or cheap.
Modernization
USMC wrestles with responsibility of owning network
Three years since taking ownership of its computer network, the Marine Corps is still playing catch up in training its acquisition personnel.
Cybersecurity
How feds, military might deploy consumer IoT gear
Commercial technology and networks are set to play important roles as federal agencies and the Defense Department seek to harness the Internet of Things.
Cybersecurity
Marines take prominent role in DOD cyber operations
The Marine Corps' cyber operatives have been called on to expel spear phishers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email network and to target Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Modernization
Marine Corps to expedite Windows 10 upgrade
The Marine Corps Systems Command is expediting its timeline to deploy the Windows 10 operating system by January 2017.
Cybersecurity
Marine Corps rolls up its sleeves on cyber acquisition
The Marine Corps is looking to make "rapid acquisition" less of an oxymoron.
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