Navy's cyber arm pushing for increased automation, machine learning tech

By Justin Doubleday / March 21, 2017 at 8:00 AM
The U.S. military needs to invest heavily in automation and machine learning to protect its networks from adversaries relying on the same technologies, according to one of the Navy's top cyber commanders. Rear Adm. Gene Price, the deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet, said one of the general trends he's seeing among adversaries -- meaning both nation states and stateless hacker groups -- is an increased use of automated attacks on U.S. networks. "With the increased amount...

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