DefenseScoop’s Billy Mitchell (left) and DOD’s Mark Gorak (right) speak onstage at the Federal Forum on March 13, 2024. (Photo Source: EPNAC, Isaac Latimer)
Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing secure an airfield during exercise Emerald Warrior 2024 at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 1, 2024. Special Tactics Airmen are continuously adapting and training in order to ensure mission success for the joint force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen Pulter)
Airmen from the 67th Cyberspace Wing review daily tasks at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland’s Medina annex, Sept. 5, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Jason W. Edwards)
Katie Arrington speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2020. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)
Arrington comes back to the Pentagon where she was the chief information security officer for the department's acquisition and sustainment organization during the first Trump administration.
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)
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct reconnaissance and surveillance as part of Steel Knight 24 at San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 9, 2024. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that takes place in multiple locations across the Southwest that allows I Marine Expeditionary Force to train as a full Marine Air-Ground Task Force and better integrate with joint and naval forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan)
The newly minted deputy commandant for information wants commanders in the field to not have to worry about cyber threats, allowing them to focus on the fight.
U.S. sailors assigned to Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) man their stations at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Aug. 4, 2010. (DOD photo)
As Joint Force Headquarters-DODIN celebrates its 10th anniversary, it is looking at how it can mature network defense and impose heavier costs on adversaries.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some observers have suggested that in response to Chinese cyber breaches, the U.S. needs to prioritize taking more aggressive offensive actions in cyberspace.
A Special Tactics Airman, assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, signals a plane to land at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico on March 1, 2024. Supported by U.S. Special Operations Command, Emerald Warrior is a joint special operations exercise that prepares U.S. Special Operations Command forces, Conventional Enablers, Partner Forces, and Interagency Elements to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Natalie Vandergriff)
With focus now turned toward competition with China and Russia, special operations forces need to hone their ability to achieve “security through obscurity.”