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Updates to the Department of Defense’s New Cyber Security Regulation

by Bryan Cave LLP

At the end of 2015, the US Department of Defense (DoD) issued a second interim rule, effective immediately, modifying cyber security control requirements it issued earlier in 2015. In particular, this second interim rule (1) grants affected contractors additional time to implement fully compliant cyber security controls, and (2) clarifies certain subcontractor flowdown requirements.

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DR RYAN JENKINS-- WARFARE IN A NEW DOMAIN: THE ETHICS OF MILITARY CYBER-OPERATIONS

A follow Military Cyber Professional provided this really interesting article…..

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Congress Directs the Pentagon to Appoint a Cyber Czar

In the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act passed by House lawmakers last week, Congress required the Defense Department appoint a high level Principal Cyber Advisor with a broad oversight portfolio that includes offensive and defensive cyber missions, resources, personnel, acquisition and technology. A Senate vote on the bill is expected this week.

The new cyber advisor will have “overall supervision” of all Defense cyber operations and will oversee a team that will integrate the cyber expertise of the four services, combatant commands and Defense agencies.

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New - CyberAwareness Challenge Version 2.0

New – CyberAwareness Challenge Version 2.0 is now live on the IASE. This Cybersecurity training has separate options for Federal, Department of Defense and Intelligence Community personnel. The Annual Intelligence Community (IC) Information Assurance (IA) Awareness Training has been incorporated into the Enterprise “CyberAwareness Challenge” Annual IA Awareness Training.

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Sean's TOD - McAfee Soon to be the Only Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware for DoD

*Thanks for the info Eddie Brooks*

Start your transition plans, Symantec AV/AS is out as of September 2015.

The below is from the ESSG’s Agency & Field Activity Support Newsletter.

DoD Moving To A Single Vendor For Anti-virus/Anti-spyware ================================================= The ESSG has voted to make McAfee the only solution provider for Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware (AV/AS), starting in September 2015. This will allow two years to complete all of the necessary transition activities for migrating to one solution. Planning and execution within your organization should begin immediately; if you have not started already. The Contracting Officer has set no restrictions on disseminating this information across Government elements and is not required to share its decisions regarding the status of the remaining option years on the Symantec solution with the vendor at this time. Symantec should continue to perform in accordance with the requirements they are contractually required to meet.

Who is ESSG? =========== The ESSG is chartered to improve DoD Enterprise security by directly involving COCOM, the Services and key DoD agencies in oversight, planning, and advocacy. The ESSG provides leadership, policy, identification, validation, and advocacy for developing, acquiring and provisioning Enterprise-wide Computer Network Defense (CND) solutions and implementation of those solutions in consistency with established Department policy.

AFA Newsletter_Nov 13

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Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on US Organizations

After reports emerged earlier this year accusing China of launching persistent cyberattacks against US companies and government agencies, activity from the People’s Liberation Army against US sites grew quiet for several months. Now the attacks have resumed; the activity is at about 70 percent of the level previously reached and they attackers are using new techniques to target many of the same organizations.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/chinese-army-hackers-return-from-vacation-renew-attacks-on-us/

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2269159/chinese-military-unit-resumes-cyber-attacks-on-us-businesses