DefenceTalkThe way we secure digital transactions could soon change. An international team has demonstrated a form of quantum cryptography that can protect people doing business with others they may not know or trust – a situation encountered often on the internet and in everyday life, for example at a bank’s ATM. “Having quantum cryptography to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/quantum-physics-secures-new-cryptography-scheme-59032/

DefenceTalkThe National Security Agency has developed malware that allows it to collect data automatically from millions of computers worldwide, a report based on leaked documents showed Wednesday. The report co-authored by former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald for the online news site The Intercept said the program has dramatically expanded the US spy agency’s ability to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nsa-has-industrial-scale-malware-for-spying-report-59010/

DefenceTalkAs the Army moves to a streamlined and more user-friendly tactical network, the hardware, software and processes that keep it running and secure are realigning to reduce complexity and costs. Together, these products serve as the critical enablers of the Army’s tactical communications and data network. They simplify network tasks and operations for warfighters and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-consolidates-network-enablers-to-boost-simplicity-59018/

DefenceTalkEuropean IT security firms have flocked to the world’s biggest high-tech fair with hopes of benefiting from the fallout from shock revelations of mass US and British spying. Exactly a year ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel vaunted her new, ultra-secure Smartphone at the opening of the same fair, the CeBIT, in the northern city of Hanover. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/european-it-firms-seize-opportunity-from-spy-scandal-58985/

DefenceTalkHigh-energy lasers (HEL) have the potential to benefit a variety of military missions, particularly as weapons or as high-bandwidth communications devices. However, the massive size, weight and power requirements (SWaP) of legacy laser systems limit their use on many military platforms. Even if SWaP limitations can be overcome, turbulence manifested as density fluctuations in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/excalibur-prototype-extends-reach-of-high-energy-lasers-58970/

DefenceTalkChinese President Xi Jinping has called for his country to become a “cyber power,” state media reported Thursday after he chaired a meeting of a special group focused on Internet security. “Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power,” he said, according to Xinhua, which cited a statement it said was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/xi-wants-china-to-be-cyber-power-58886/

DefenceTalkExelis has received $9 million from the U.S. Air Force to supply spare components for electronic warfare (EW) technology provided to Pakistan under an existing contract. The original contract, awarded in December 2011, granted Exelis $53 million to supply Pakistan with ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) systems to protect the country’s F-16 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exelis-to-supply-pakistan-with-more-components-for-electronic-warfare-systems-58876/

DefenceTalkMajority of American companies view targeted cyber attack as a top 3 business risk. Organized groups of fraudsters viewed as presenting greatest cyber threat. Grasp of vulnerabilities and threat intelligence named as best tools to help Boards tackle threat BAE Systems Applied Intelligence today quantifies the extent of the impact on US businesses of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-60-of-us-businesses-have-increased-cyber-security-budget-58862/

DefenceTalkAs commercial technologies become more advanced and widely available, adversaries are rapidly developing capabilities that put our forces at risk. To counter these threats, the U.S. military is developing systems-of-systems concepts in which networks of manned and unmanned platforms, weapons, sensors, and electronic warfare systems interact over robust satellite and tactical communications links. These approaches […]https://www.defencetalk.com/big-mechanism-seeks-the-whys-hidden-in-big-data-58868/

DefenceTalkAccurate tracking of munitions and other assets in harsh and/or sensitive environments is now possible through a wireless automatic identity technology introduced by Lockheed Martin. Working with Visible Assets, Inc., Lockheed Martin co-developed sensitive item tracking capabilities that use magnetic fields to track assets in locations where traditional radio frequency technologies (RFID) encounter challenges. “Historically, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-introduces-secure-wireless-tagging-and-tracking-capability-58840/