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Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies delivers remarks at a CIO town hall at the Mark Center, Alexandria Va., Feb. 10, 2026. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Pentagon task force to review CMMC hits the ground running

The task force held its first meeting Thursday, just days removed from CIO Kirsten Davies initiating a pause of CMMC phase 2 requirements and a review of…
Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in cyber operations room at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020. (Photo illustration source: DVIDS)

SASC proposes reorganization of Pentagon’s IT, cyber leadership

The dual-hatted Undersecretary of Defense for Cyber, Information, and Networks would oversee the Pentagon's IT enterprise and cyber operations.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Taylor Kirby, operations superintendent, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Randolph Halim, cyber warfare operator, both with the 262nd Cyber Operations Squadron, set up a local cyber range at Cyber Protection Team Conference 2026 at the Pierce County Readiness Center on Camp Murray, Wash., Feb. 25, 2026. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Dustin Jeffords)

Pentagon announces ‘Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay’

If prospective beneficiaries are looking for answers on how to qualify for C-MIP and how much they’d get paid under the new program, however, the announcement provides…
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Mikey Dickerson: Crisis Engineering

Mikey Dickerson, co-author of Crisis Engineering and the inaugural administrator of the U.S. Digital Service under the Obama administration, reflects on the lessons from a new book…
A cyber operations division chief, client systems technician, and network infrastructure section chief assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Communications Squadron practice assembling a communications fly-away kit (CFK) within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Oct. 11, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo)

A Cyber Force without enlisted? New report poses model for standalone military cyber organization

The proposed Cyber Force, the authors argued, would be staffed by commissioned officers, warrant officers, civilians and contractors only — no enlisted service members.
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