Tag Archives: Cyber Command

A.I. Won't Replace Humans at the NSA, Nominee Tells Senate

A.I. Won’t Replace Humans at the NSA, Nominee Tells Senate

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander in 2022. US Air Force Photo

Artificial intelligence is and will remain an enabler not a replacement for humans in the work of Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, the nominee to head both told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. Read More

Navy Sees 'Difficult Times' With Recruiting Goals for Nuclear, Cyber Sailors

Navy Sees ‘Difficult Times’ With Recruiting Goals for Nuclear, Cyber Sailors

Sailors stand watch in the Fleet Operations Center at the headquarters of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet.

A previous version of this post contained a story that had previously run in USNI News last month. It now contains the correct story from the Feb. 14 hearing before the Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee.

Having struggled last year to meet its recruiting goals, the Navy’s personnel chief sees “difficult times ahead” in attracting and keeping sailors and officers as the sea service expands the fleet in the coming years. Read More

U.S. Cyber Forces Face Security Clearance Challenges

U.S. Cyber Forces Face Security Clearance Challenges

Sailors stand at attention in formation in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). US Navy Photo

Moving qualified service members through the security clearance process to be part of the rapidly expanding cyber mission force has been a challenge for the military, a key Senate panel was told on Tuesday. Read More

CYBERCOM Head Rogers: U.S. Should ‘Publicly Out’ Kremlin Cyber Attacks

CYBERCOM Head Rogers: U.S. Should ‘Publicly Out’ Kremlin Cyber Attacks

Adm. Michael S. Rogers, Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency, spoke to cadets and staff and faculty during a Leader Professional Development Session at the United States Military Academy on Jan. 9, 2017. USMA Photo

The United States needs to make it clear it is unacceptable and there is a price to pay if any adversary takes action like manipulating voter registration rolls, the head of U.S. Cyber Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Read More

USMC Won’t Let Standards Slip for New Cyber Marines

USMC Won’t Let Standards Slip for New Cyber Marines

Pfc. Alec Rivera, a cyber-network specialist with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, works on a computer during a command post exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 2, 2016. US Marine Corps Photo

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Marine Corps top cyber leader said it wasn’t going to lower physical standards to allow more candidates for its new cyber MOS. Read More

Navy Cyber Chief: Network Protection, Data Assurance Top Priorities; Investments Needed in A.I.

Navy Cyber Chief: Network Protection, Data Assurance Top Priorities; Investments Needed in A.I.

Sailors man the phone and distance line aboard the Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG-57) on Nov. 7, 2014. US Navy Photo

Sailors man the phone and distance line aboard the Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG-57) on Nov. 7, 2014. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The military services must deliver information and data to warfighters, from fleet commanders to pilots, that’s timely, accurate, secure and not compromised by the growing threats from network intruders and attacks, the Navy’s top cyber official told a San Diego defense conference. Read More