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Members of the Massachusetts Army National Guard discuss a simulated exercise at Cyber Yankee 2025 at the Edward Cross Training Center, May 14, 2025. Cyber Yankee is a regionally focused exercise evaluating a whole-of-government response to a significant cyber incident involving critical infrastructure and key resources. The participants work on simulated exercises together to perform incident response, threat analysis, and cyber defense operations. (Massachusetts Army National Guard photos by Laura Berry)

National Guardsmen receive brief from Volt Typhoon utility victim at cyber exercise

Cyber Yankee is a New England-focused exercise involving Guardsmen and utilities gaming cyber responses to critical infrastructure intrusions.
2 days ago By Mark Pomerleau
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Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook

After the implementation team delivered its report detailing how Cyber Command aims to modernize, Pentagon leadership asked the command for a redo.
3 days ago By Mark Pomerleau
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: The U.S. Capitol building is seen on April 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the House of the Representatives and the U.S. Senate returned to Washington after a two week recess. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA

Severing the dual-hat leadership arrangement has been one of the most hotly contested issues in cyber policy.
May 16, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau
A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Firing of top cyber general ‘sets back’ US military and intel operations, makes America ‘less safe,’ lawmakers of both parties say

There was bipartisan criticism Friday of the Trump administration's decision to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh as head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA.
Apr 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau
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U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh waits for the beginning of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at Hart Senate Office Building on July 12, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump fires Gen. Timothy Haugh from leadership of Cyber Command and NSA

Gen. Haugh is one of the most high-profile national security officials to be removed by President Trump in the early months of his second term.
Apr 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 01: Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee

So-called hunt forward operations by U.S. Cyber Command have uncovered Chinese malware implanted in Latin American nations, according to retired Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine.
Apr 1, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau
(Screenshot of Michael Duffey, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, testifying at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 27, 2025)

Trump’s Pentagon acquisition chief nominee vows to review controversial CMMC program

Michael Duffey, nominated by President Trump to be undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, testified at his confirmation hearing Thursday.
Mar 27, 2025 By Jon Harper
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