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BYJessica Evans

Mar 17, 2023

Unique career paths in the Marines

Are you aware of the diverse range of unique career paths available in the Marine Corps? Although the Marines are…

BYJessica Evans

Mar 17, 2023

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 28, 2022

MIGHTY 25: Vishal Amin fights for cyber security both in and out of uniform

Vishal Amin spent 20 years in the Marine Corps, the tail end of it as a F/A-18 fighter pilot. A…

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 28, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Feb 18, 2021

The oldest computer program around is still in use at the Pentagon

In 1958, the DoD’s first contracting software was launched, using an early computer language called COBOL. As of 2017, that software still manages Pentagon contracts. According to

BYBlake Stilwell

Feb 18, 2021

BYJessica Manfre

Nov 10, 2020

MIGHTY 25: Meet Phyllis Newhouse, dedicated to empowering women while dominating the cyber security world

Phyllis Newhouse is used to shattering glass ceilings. As a woman of color working in national security in the Army,…

BYJessica Manfre

Nov 10, 2020

BYAlex Hollings

Apr 29, 2020

The first shots of World War III will almost certainly be digital

Last March, the White House announced plans to levy new sanctions against Russia for a list of digital transgressions that included their efforts to meddle with the 2016 presidential election. This apparent admission from a Trump administrati…

BYAlex Hollings

Apr 29, 2020

BYShannon Corbeil

Apr 29, 2020

Russia-based FaceApp might not be safe to use

By now you’ve seen (ad nauseam) the results of FaceApp, a Russian-based photo filter app that realistically adds wrinkles, grey hairs, and, well, years to faces. Further investigation to the origins of the app — and its Terms & Conditions —…

BYShannon Corbeil

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

This Air Force ‘hub’ looks for threats from within

“If you make a mistake, it is better to acknowledge that one small mistake than let it snowball into something more significant.” This, according to Jason Barron, Air Force Insider Threat Hub deputy director for operations, is the key to safeguard…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US Navy is ‘under cyber siege’ from Chinese hackers; hemorrhaging national secrets

An internal US Navy review concluded that the service and its various industry partners are “under cyber siege” from Chinese hackers who are building Beijing’s military capabilities while eroding the US’s advantage, The Wall Street Journal

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYEric Milzarski

Apr 29, 2020

Watch this YouTuber take on the DoD Cyber Awareness Challenge

All members of the Department of Defense, including troops, must undertake an annual training to test their knowledge of cyber awareness. A few years back, they changed the test up just slightly to make it far less of a bore and more like a crappy 9…

BYEric Milzarski

Apr 29, 2020