Members of the 71st Theater Information Operations Group with the Texas Army National Guard participate in training during exercise Cyber Shield 2025 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 3, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine McCarthy)
“The shift to a three-year training cycle perfectly balances the Department’s security imperatives with our commitment to restoring warfighter readiness," said Aaron Bishop, chief information security officer…
People look into the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory after a countdown to the the closest fly-by of Pluto by the New Horizons probe July 14, 2015 in Laurel, Maryland. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. East coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) conduct dive operations to increase maritime lethality during training off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, Feb. 18, 2025. Naval Special Warfare Group TWO produces, supports, and deploys the world’s most lethal maritime special operation forces to ensure the United States will deter and win wars. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Katie Cox)
Department of War Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies appears at a Senate Committee on Armed Services subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity on Capitol Hill on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
U.S. service members and Kuwaiti Land Forces participate in the game operation cyber justice, an event of the Best Cyber Warrior Challenge at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 15, 2019. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher Lindborg)
The Army “found no relational improvement difference in cybersecurity outcomes between the annual training and other less burdensome forms of awareness,” according to a senior service official.
On the first day of the Cyber Workforce Summit this week, multiple officials charged with various elements of the U.S. military’s digital domain focused on how to…
U.S. Space Force Guardians assigned to Space Delta 5 monitor computer workstations Dec. 18, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Photo by David Dozoretz)
Along with four new portfolio acquisition executives announced Tuesday, the Space Force is in the process of establishing three additional organizations, according to Tom Ainsworth.
In his new position, Bishop will work under DOD CIO Kirsten Davies and be responsible for providing policy, technical, program and oversight support to the CIO on…
U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Davis, an electronic warfare specialist with the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, operates a dismounted spectrum awareness system during Exercise Lightning Surge 1 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 22, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)
Officials are interested in offerings that would allow the platform to integrate with small drones to extend its range and boost situational awareness.
The warning comes amid what the officials described as a rapidly changing threat environment, one that allows for low-level criminals to adopt sophisticated cyber exploitation methods and…
