Carter gambles with DIUx direct report

IT & Networks

Pentagon invites researchers to hack the Marine Corps

The Pentagon kicked off its Hack the Marine Corps bug bounty program in Las Vegas, awarding $80,000 for discovered vulnerabilities on the first day.
Experiment over: Pentagon’s tech hub gets a vote of confidence

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan is taking the “x” out of “DIUx.”
DHS wants more secure call encryption for feds

The Department of Homeland Security wants to conduct research on an end-to-end secure phone call platform for the government to communicate for unclassified and official use calls.
Read what Mattis said about election security and offensive cyber

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday acknowledged that Russia made attempts to influence the 2016 election and outlined ― more or less ― how the Pentagon is helping states bolster their election cybersecurity efforts.