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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

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

NSA Head: Russian Interference in U.S. Election, ‘Hey, This Happened’

NSA Head: Russian Interference in U.S. Election, ‘Hey, This Happened’

Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and head of the National Security Agency. US Navy Photo

Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and head of the National Security Agency. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The head of the National Security Agency reiterated that Russia engaged in cyber actions to influence the result of the U.S. presidential election and said the Moscow-directed interference is changing the way the NSA thinks about U.S. critical infrastructure. Read More

Former NSA, CIA Director Hayden: World Needs a Set of Cyber Norms

Former NSA, CIA Director Hayden: World Needs a Set of Cyber Norms

 Michael Hayden speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore

Michael Hayden speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore

The United States should help create an international set of norms for cyber behaviors – to distinguish between accepted behaviors like espionage and non-accepted behaviors like cyber theft and destruction – and then craft laws and policies that allow U.S. cyber warriors to succeed in that domain, a former director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency said today. Read More

CYBERCOM Head: Working More With Private Sector Goal for Command

CYBERCOM Head: Working More With Private Sector Goal for Command

Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency in 2014. DoD Photo

Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency in 2014. DoD Photo

Working with the private sector is the “next big area we need to get into,” the head of U.S. Cyber Command Adm. Michael Rogers told the House Armed Services Emerging Threat and Capabilities Subcommittee on Wednesday. Read More

NSA Director Rogers Talks About the Future of Encryption

NSA Director Rogers Talks About the Future of Encryption

Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director, National Security Agency, chief, Central Security Service in 2015. US Navy Photo

Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director, National Security Agency, chief, Central Security Service in 2015. US Navy Photo

The director of the National Security Agency told the Atlantic Council last week arguing over encryption seems like “a waste of time to me” and doesn’t resolve the ongoing divide between privacy and security. Read More

Defense Officials Tell Congress Rules of Cyber Warfare Far From Settled

Defense Officials Tell Congress Rules of Cyber Warfare Far From Settled

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers at a Sept. 29, 2015 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on cyber warfare. CSPAN Image

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers at a Sept. 29, 2015 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on cyber warfare. CSPAN Image

The United States’ adversaries see cyber warfare as a potential American vulnerability in a military engagement, the Pentagon’s number two civilian told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. Read More

NSA Nominee Rogers: U.S. Needs to Do More to Deter Cyber Attacks

NSA Nominee Rogers: U.S. Needs to Do More to Deter Cyber Attacks

Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Navy's Cyber Command and nominee for head of the National Security Agency.

Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Navy’s Cyber Command and nominee for head of the National Security Agency.

The Navy officer tapped to be the next director of the National Security Agency said at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday that the United States is “not [prepared] to the extent we need to be” to deter future cyber attacks. Read More

Tighe Tapped to Lead 10th Fleet

Tighe Tapped to Lead 10th Fleet

Rear Adm.

Rear Adm. Jan E. Tighe

The current deputy commander of the Navy’s cyberwarfare arm — 10th fleet — will be promoted to commander of the services cyber enterprise, the Pentagon announced on Friday. Read More