Intelligence

CIA Creates China Center To Shift To Great Power Competition

“It’s taking the top slot from the counterterrorism mission over the past 20 years,” said John Doyon, executive vice president of INSA.

  • By Jacqueline Feldscher

NSA Cyber Chief Spells Out Near-Term Priorities

Ransomware is a top concern, but the agency is also looking ahead to defending networked weapons and post-quantum encryption.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Deputy National Security Adviser Lays Out Goals for Upcoming 30 Nation Meeting on Ransomware

Top cyber officials highlighted the importance of defensive measures as lawmakers move on related initiatives, including a bill to identify systemically important critical infrastructure.

  • By Mariam Baksh

NSA Cyber Chief Warns Hackers Increasingly Use Commercial Tools to Stay Hidden 

Advanced persistent threat actors are becoming harder to spot and making attribution more difficult.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Microsoft Takes Further Action Over NSA Cloud Contract

The tech company filed a supplemental protest.

  • By Frank Konkel

FBI Official: Russia Is Not Cooperating with U.S. Against Ransomware Threat

Administration officials promised consequences after a meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Military Intel Officials Highlight Efforts to Counter Online Disinformation

Adversaries take advantage of moments in real time, such as when efforts are focused on withdrawing from Afghanistan.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NSA Cloud Capabilities See Boost Under New Billion-Dollar Contract with HPE

It’s leaning into an as-a-service experience.

  • By Brandi Vincent

The Future of Work Is Flexible

Even for national security workers, remote work options will be more prevalent in the post-COVID era.

  • By Lindy Kyzer

What a Top Secret Cloud Means for Microsoft

A commercial platform announced last year is now generally available to government customers.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NSA, DOD Watchdogs Partner to Complete Joint Evaluation of Certain Federal AI Use

It comes after a previous assessment was terminated.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon

Much of the NSA’s most prized intelligence data may be moving to the cloud.   

  • By Frank Konkel

Advisory Details How to Defend Container Tech from Crypto Miners

Old fashioned data theft is still the main reason adversaries are targeting a popular open-source application management system.

  • By Mariam Baksh

NSA to National Security Employees: Avoid Working on Public Wi-Fi

The agency offered best practices for remote work using wireless technologies. 

  • By Mila Jasper
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US, UK Officials: Russian Military Leveraging Containers in Active Hacking Campaign

Cybersecurity agencies issued an advisory with indicators of compromise and mitigation measures. 

  • By Mariam Baksh

Intelligence Community CISO Sees a More Data-Centric Future

Matt Conner pointed to several priorities on the horizon.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Are UFOs Real? Government Continues to Investigate

Although the task force studied UFO sightings that occurred between 2004 and 2021, most happened over the past two years.

  • By John Breeden II

NASA Ranks as the Best Place to Work in Government for Ninth Year

The federal government still has “a lot of work to do to improve its competitiveness with the private sector as an employer of choice,” head of the nonprofit that released the rankings says. 

  • By Courtney Bublé

CIA’s Last Classified Fax Machines Are About to Retire

A secure email system dubbed Gray Magic will replace the legendary analog technology.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber

Intel Community Needs Next-Gen Microelectronics for Future of AI

IARPA wants “seedling” ideas that use a multidisciplinary approach that extends beyond traditional technological and scientific fields.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Bill Would Force Intelligence, Law Enforcement to Obtain Warrants Before Buying Americans’ Data

As with other tech companies, agencies would have to obtain court orders to compel data brokers to turn over information.

  • By Frank Konkel