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Silicon Valley vital to national defence says #SecDef Mattis

Silicon Valley vital to national defence says #SecDef Mattis

Written by on August 11, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday an Obama-era experimental defense outpost in Silicon Valley would grow in importance under the Trump administration and that the nation’s technology entrepreneurs were vital to national defense. Mattis paid his first official visit to the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Experimental Unit, or DIUx, […]

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Pentagon designing cyber ‘scorecard’ to stay ahead of hackers

Pentagon designing cyber ‘scorecard’ to stay ahead of hackers

Written by on September 18, 2015 in News with 0 Comments

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department is building a massive, electronic system to provide an overview of the vulnerabilities of the military’s computer networks, weapons systems, and installations, and help officials prioritize how to fix them, the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command said on Thursday. Air Force Lieutenant General Kevin McLaughlin […]

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