Intelligence

Microsoft Scores Big Cloud Deal with Intel Community

The announcement could improve the company’s chances for the Defense Department’s JEDI competition.

  • By Frank Konkel

How Younger Workers Update Agency Tech and Vice Versa

It’s not millennial entitlement, said a top CIA technologist.

  • By Jack Corrigan

U.S. Coast Guard Is Putting Cubesats Over the Arctic

As the icecap melts and activity rises in the high latitudes, the commandant says his force needs better situational awareness.

  • By Caroline Houck, Defense One
The Huawei Mate S smartphone The Huawei Mate S smartphone

Pentagon Bans Sale of Chinese-Designed Phones On Military Bases

Military personnel better stick with iPhones or Android devices.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Critical Update: Flying Cars, Valley of Death and Innovating with Intrapreneurs

In episode two, Nextgov talks with National Geospatial-Intelligence Chief Ventures Officer Christy Monaco about the business of innovation in government.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Government Seeks Biometric Tech That Doesn’t Need People To Scan Fingerprints

New technology suggests automated machines might be the ones scanning your fingerprints from surfaces in the near future.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone

NSA Pick Will Develop Cyber Retaliation Plans But Don’t Expect Government to Use Them

The other options for deterring cyberattacks aren't much better, though.

  • By Joseph Marks

This Tricky Malware Has Been Lying in Wait

Kaspersky Lab calls it a masterpiece.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

This is Why the IARPA Director Doesn’t Worry About Self-Aware Artificial Intelligence

Poorly engineered artificial intelligence is more likely to keep Jason Matheny up at night than a program becoming sentient.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Army Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone Army Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone

CYBERCOM Chief Nominee Plans Recommendation on NSA Split Within Three Months

Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone has “no predisposed opinion” about the split, he told lawmakers.

  • By Joseph Marks
The outgoing U.S. Cyber Command leader Adm. Mike Rogers The outgoing U.S. Cyber Command leader Adm. Mike Rogers

CYBERCOM Leader Offers Advice for His Successor

U.S. Cyber Command's mission has already outgrown its capacity.

  • By Heather Kuldell

GAO Sustains Protest of $771 Million Defense Intelligence Agency Contract

The defense agency didn’t sufficiently explain why it picked a cheaper but riskier bid.

  • By Joseph Marks
FBI Director Christopher Wray, accompanied by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, right, speaks at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. FBI Director Christopher Wray, accompanied by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, right, speaks at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

Trump Has Never Asked Us to Stop Russian Election Meddling, Intelligence Chiefs Testify

The intelligence community agrees Russia will try to influence the 2018 midterms, but they’re less clear on how to stop the Kremlin.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Chinese Telecoms Could Join Kaspersky On Governmentwide Banned List

The Homeland Security Department banned the Russian antivirus company Kaspersky from government networks last year. Huawei and ZTE may be next.

  • By Joseph Marks
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote speech at CES International Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote speech at CES International Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas.

How Long Did the US Government Know about Spectre and Meltdown?

The largest CPU bug in history caught the Defense Department by surprise. Or not.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Citizens Aren’t the Only Ones Who Expect Good User Experiences

For some agencies, citizens are not their customers.

  • By Aaron Boyd

AT&T Captures Classified NSA Tech Contract

After a bid protest, AT&T can now move forward on work it will carry out under NSA’s classified Groundbreaker contract, worth billions.

  • By Frank Konkel

IARPA Wants to Use Machine Learning to Help Prevent Terrorist Attacks

Automated video monitoring could also help detect threats more efficiently than human operators.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Ltg. Paul Nakasone discusses the future of AI and US Cyber Command at the second Defense One Technology Summit, June, 2017. Ltg. Paul Nakasone discusses the future of AI and US Cyber Command at the second Defense One Technology Summit, June, 2017.

How the (Likely) Next NSA/CYBERCOM Chief Wants to Enlist AI

A look at Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone’s public statements about artificial intelligence, offense, and defense.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One
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Former NSA Contractor Admits to Stealing Confidential Documents

Harold Martin III pleaded guilty to one of 20 counts of willful retention of national defense information.

  • By Aaron Boyd