Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on missile defense, Army multidomain maneuver, and cybersecurity.
A system meant to give the U.S. military the ability to ascertain whether a ballistic missile was intercepted is in the final phases of deployment:
MDA: Space-based Kill Assessment constellation nearly in place, set to deliver new capability
The Defense Department is putting the final pieces in place for its Spaced-based Kill Assessment project that aims to give combatant commanders the ability to determine whether an interceptor hit or missed an enemy ballistic missile, a new capability to help inform whether a second shot needs to be taken against an incoming threat.
A panel of Army officials described for attendees at a recent AUSA event the many challenges of multidomain maneuver and how the service is overcoming these hurdles:
Army leaders say future maneuver force needs to understand cyber, space
Getting commanders to recognize the utility of cyber, space and other assets is one of the most important parts of moving toward multidomain operations, according to Army officials.
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have an analysis of how the Pentagon is defending economic and national security interests from cyberattacks:
Cybersecurity concerns pull Pentagon into non-traditional roles for protecting core infrastructure
The Defense Department is helping the federal government respond to growing and evolving cybersecurity threats by moving into non-traditional areas for the military such as protecting financial institutions and election systems, based on recent comments by high-ranking Pentagon and administration officials.
Related defense cyber news, in case you missed it:
NCCIC chief: Pentagon is assisting DHS with cyber incidents amid election security concerns
The Defense Department is providing backup resources to the Department of Homeland Security's center for tracking and responding to cyber threats under a new formal arrangement that will be set up within the next week, according to the director of the DHS' National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.
Pentagon working with financial sector, DHS on model program for sharing cyber-threat indicators
The Pentagon is working with the Department of Homeland Security in gathering cyber-threat indicators from the financial services industry as part of a model program that is expected to be applied to other sectors, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.
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