DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Security Assistance Command Commanding General and its Regional Operations Director for U.S. Africa Command conducted engagements with Uganda and Kenya military officers, State Department officials and Defense Department representatives from the respective countries’ Offices of Security Cooperation last month. The visits were designed to allow one-on-one discussions with Maj. Gen. Del Turner […]https://www.defencetalk.com/africa-engagements-stress-importance-of-security-assistance-50675/

DefenceTalkIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveils its new Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) combat marine system – “Katana” for Homeland Security (HLS) applications. The Katana USV supports a wide range of applications for HLS and the protection of exclusive economic zones, including – harbor security, patrol of shallow coastal and territorial waters, surface and electronic warfare and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iai-unveils-unmanned-surface-vessel-50271/

DefenceTalkTwo US warships have arrived in the Black Sea and will stand ready to offer assistance in the case of a security emergency at the Sochi Olympic games, officials said Wednesday. The USS Mount Whitney, a command vessel for the Navy’s 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, arrived on Tuesday after departing its port in Naples, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-us-ships-arrive-in-black-sea-before-sochi-olympics-50260/

DefenceTalkHackers attacked Israeli computers including one used by the defence ministry department dealing with civilians in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli data protection expert said on Monday. “At the beginning of this month a number of mails were sent to a number of companies in Israel, including security organizations,” Aviv Raff, chief technology officer […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-defense-computer-hit-in-cyber-attack-data-expert-50182/

DefenceTalkThe US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline, a report said Wednesday. The New York Times reported that the NSA has implanted software on 100,000 computers around the world to be able to conduct surveillance, and which gives […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nsa-taps-offline-computers-with-secret-bug-report-50127/

DefenceTalkBeginning Dec. 20, Soldiers will be eligible for expedited pre-flight screening at airports, meaning they’ll be able to get into the express line where they don’t need to remove their shoes and belts or take laptops out of their baggage. All service members, including those in the Reserve, National Guard and Coast Guard, will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/soldiers-to-get-expedited-airport-security-screenings-49943/

DefenceTalkThe network is under attack! Cyber attacks are a daily reality and are growing in sophistication and complexity. How does the Army keep pace with this evolving threat and defend its network? Fifteen Soldiers made history when they were awarded the newest Army military occupational specialty, 25D, cyber network defender, during a graduation ceremony Nov. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyberspace-security-army-military-occupational-specialty-49881/

DefenceTalkAfter four days of debate, an overwhelming majority of Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga voted to endorse allowing US troops to stay in the country after the end of the NATO mission there in 2014. The security agreement required for such a move calls for some 18,000 US troops to remain in Afghanistan to continue training and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-afghan-security-deal-covers-more-than-military-cooperation-49737/

DefenceTalkAn amendment published yesterday to the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement will require defense contractors to incorporate established information security standards on their unclassified networks and to report cyber-intrusion incidents that result in the loss of unclassified controlled technical information from these networks. The amendment will apply to all new contracts that will use or generate […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-beefs-up-contractor-information-security-requirements-49688/

DefenceTalkCybersecurity is critical to protecting Army systems from sophisticated attacks on military networks in the face of ever increasing importance of cyber systems. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has established a Collaborative Research Alliance, or CRA, which will include an alliance of ARL, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, academia and industry researchers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-announces-cybersecurity-collaborative-research-alliance-to-explore-underlying-cyber-science-49390/