Mark Pomerleau

Mark Pomerleau is a reporter for C4ISRNET, covering information warfare and cyberspace.


  • Long-awaited cyber norms manual Tallinn 2.0 published
    Long-awaited cyber norms manual Tallinn 2.0 published

    The Tallinn Manual 2.0 on international law and cyber operations has been published and released.

  • Filling executive branch cyber posts [Video]
    Filling executive branch cyber posts [Video]

    President Trump has expressed a desire to improve the United States’ cyber capability. Here is a list of key administration posts that might affect such a policy.

  • Trump’s draft cyber order: Review vulnerabilities, adversaries, options
    Trump’s draft cyber order: Review vulnerabilities, adversaries, options

    The draft executive order provides a three-pronged approach toward addressing cyberspace in the form of reviews, plus an additional report on how to encourage cybersecurity in the private sector.

  • Army Central Develops Cyberspace Strategy
    Army Central Develops Cyberspace Strategy

    In a step above other regional commands, Army Central (ARCENT) has taken the Army’s cyberspace strategy and run with it, creating its own follow on strategy called the FY 17/18 USARCENT Cyberspace Strategy. Directly nested with the Army Cyberspace Strategy for unified land operations in 2025, the ARCENT strategy encompasses all three mission sets of…

  • Air Force CISO: Adversaries are watching you
    Air Force CISO: Adversaries are watching you

    Peter Kim, Air Force CISO, warned that adversaries are constantly monitoring public and private activity.

  • Air Force CISO: Adversaries Are Watching You
    Air Force CISO: Adversaries Are Watching You

    The new era of enduring cyber conflict has led some within government to remain on guard and lose trust with anyone and everyone interacting with them from behind a keyboard. “Cyber threats are real. We need to increase the awareness across our entire internal Air Force and across [the Defense Department] to avoid exploitation and…

  • Researcher IDs author of massive Mirai botnet code
    Researcher IDs author of massive Mirai botnet code

    Security research Brian Krebs, in a lengthy blog post, documented how he identified the author of the Mirai code.

  • Researcher IDs Author of Massive Mirai Botnet Code
    Researcher IDs Author of Massive Mirai Botnet Code

    In what must be a somewhat gratifying act of revenge, cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs identified the real-life identity of the author of the infamous Mirai code, who went by the name Anna-Senpai. In a lengthy piece on his blog, KrebsOnSecurity, Krebs unpacks how he discovered the author of the code, as well as at least…

  • DoD CIO Halvorsen announces retirement
    DoD CIO Halvorsen announces retirement

    Reflecting on his IT efforts as DoD CIO, Terry Halvorsen announced he will step down in February.

  • Hub for Cyber Command defensive ops fully operational by 2018
    Hub for Cyber Command defensive ops fully operational by 2018

    Joint Force Headquarters-DoDIN has been directed to meet key conditions for full operational capability by January 2018.