DefenceTalkFORT BLISS, Texas: “The greatest threat I face as a brigade commander on the battlefield is not [enemy] tanks, snipers or IEDs,” said Col. Chuck Masaracchia. “It’s defending the network.” Masaracchia, who is the commander of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, spoke just prior to the start of Network Integration Evaluation 16.1, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyberattack-no-1-threat-says-brigade-commander-at-nie-16-1-65486/

DefenceTalkCompanies are spending increasing amounts on cybersecurity tools, but aren’t convinced their data is truly secure and many chief information security officers believe that attackers are gaining on their defenses, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Charting the future of cybersecurity is difficult because so much is shrouded in secrecy, no one is entirely […]https://www.defencetalk.com/companies-are-making-cybersecurity-a-greater-priority-64559/

DefenceTalkHackers and cyber-terrorists present an ever-evolving threat to airlines, with experts constantly testing for new vulnerabilities — including the fear that drones could be used to throw a plane off course. Most agree hacking a plane would be a near-impossible feat, but some professional hackers have claimed airline computer systems are riddled with weaknesses that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-ever-evolving-cyber-threat-to-planes-64527/

DefenceTalkThe Army is analyzing cyberspace requirements and outlining potential technical investments based on its Cyber Materiel Development Strategy, released in February 2015. Doctrinal, operational, acquisition and research and development communities, for Army materiel development, worked together for more than two years on the comprehensive strategy, which looks at where Army cyberspace capabilities are and what […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-to-focus-on-cyber-strategy-in-tactical-environments-64172/

DefenceTalkRussian hackers were able to access an unclassified Pentagon computer network earlier this year, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Thursday. “We quickly identified the compromise and had a team of incident responders hunting down the intruders within 24 hours,” Carter said during a speech on technology and cybersecurity at Stanford University in California. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-hackers-infiltrated-pentagon-network-us-63976/

DefenceTalkThe US military is well equipped to defend the country against cyberattacks but is not yet ready to wage digital warfare, a senior defense official told lawmakers on Tuesday. The military’s cyber command, created in 2009, lacks the means to lead an offensive campaign in a fast-moving digital conflict, said Eric Rosenbach, the Pentagon’s principal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-wage-digital-attack-official-63864/

DefenceTalkSingapore Telecom (Singtel) said Wednesday it will buy almost all of US cybersecurity firm Trustwave for $810 million, saying it was looking to become “a global player” in the sector. Southeast Asia’s biggest telecom firm by revenue said it will acquire a 98 percent equity interest in Trustwave under an agreement it signed with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/singapore-telecom-to-buy-us-cybersecurity-firm-for-810-mn-63779/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s government accused North Korea Tuesday of carrying out cyber-attacks last December on its nuclear power plant operator, describing them as a provocation which threatened people’s lives and safety. “We condemn North Korea’s persistent cyber-terror targeting our country and the international community,” the unification ministry said after investigators concluded the North was behind the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-accuses-north-of-cyber-attacks-on-nuclear-plants-63564/

DefenceTalkAttacks, counter-attacks, bombs, rescues, evacuations and logistics are all elements of conflict. For the participants of Key Resolve 2015 (KR15), these actions and other important elements of combat come through a buzzing hard drive rather than from a physical foe. The South Korean Air Force Simulation Center is set up with several components that make […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-air-forces-sharpen-cyberspace-defense-63479/

DefenceTalkOver five years of U.S. Cyber Command operations, global movement of threat activity through cyberspace has blurred roles and relationships among government agencies, as well as between the public and private sectors and the real and virtual worlds, the Cybercom commander told a House panel. Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers testified March 4 before the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cybercom-chief-cyber-threats-blur-roles-relationships-63425/