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Army Cyber Command, Cyber Flag 2019 — Participants in the Army’s Cyber Flag exercise in Suffolk, Virginia, in June 2019. (U.S. Cyber Command photo)

What would it mean to elevate the Pentagon’s network defense command?

Members in the House and Senate have proposed in legislation the elevation of Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network to a sub-unified command.

Aug 15, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Capt. Richard Shmel, a 17A, cyberspace operations officer, participating in the 915th Cyber Warfare Battalion’s Field Training Exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training. (Photo by Steve Stover, U.S. Army)

Cybercom looking to combine and standardize defensive cyber kits; solicitation issued

Through a DIU solicitation, Cybercom will at last be standardizing the equipment for defensive cyber operations and combining it with gear for so-called hunt forward operations.

Apr 29, 2024 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)

DOD evaluating its main network defense arm for the future

Cyber Command is evaluating whether Joint Force Headquarters-DODIN is sufficiently resourced and has the right authorities to perform its duties.

Apr 11, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

Cyber Command’s premier force gets new commander

Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock is the first Marine Corps officer to lead the Cyber National Mission Force.

Jan 5, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

House panel wants study on ‘occupational resiliency’ of Cybercom’s operators

An amendment offered as part of the fiscal 2024 NDAA would require the Pentagon to study the factors that could lead to the degradation of mental health…

Jun 22, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

US Cyber Command conducts ‘hunt forward’ mission in Latin America for first time, official says

The command has deployed a team of defensive operators to a Central or South American nation for the first time, according to a Cybercom official.

Jun 8, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman, commander of the Cyber National Mission Force, speaks with U.S. and Israeli participants in exercise Cyber Dome VII at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Ga., Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo by Maj. Lindsay Roman)

Cyber National Mission Force Commander Maj. Gen. William Hartman nominated as deputy at Cybercom

Hartman would take over for Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who was recently nominated to lead Cybercom.

Jun 1, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. March 30, 2023. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

With a replacement named, a look back at US Cyber Command’s transformational years under Gen. Nakasone

As Gen. Nakasone's time as Cybercom chief comes to a close, experts weighed in on how to view the persistent engagement operating concept he helped spearhead over…

May 23, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Cybercom working more collaboratively with private industry to improve broader digital defenses

Through a variety of initiatives, U.S. Cyber Command is using its unique abilities to discover malware and share it with the private sector.

May 18, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Digital defenders: A look at the evolution and elevation of America’s Cyber National Mission Force

The sub-unification of the Cyber National Mission Force signifies the importance of the cyber mission within DOD and codifies its role in defending the nation from cyber…

Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau