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The US just got serious about cybersecurity. Contractors aren’t ready.
In many cases, companies that hold intelligence aren’t aware of their own role in national security, the author argues.
By Eric Noonan
Pentagon close to making first awards on $9 billion cloud contract
The Pentagon in December tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for its highly anticipated Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.
Pentagon, intelligence community eye cloud collaboration
The Department of Defense will work closely with the intelligence community as it establishes its cloud infrastructure.
Google wanted exclusive dibs on a priceless trove of military tissue samples. A dozen DoD officials raised ethical, legal concerns.
Google has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ medical data.
By James Bandler, ProPublica
Pentagon wants competition within $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud contract
The Pentagon on Dec. 7 picked Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for the highly anticipated cloud computing deal.
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle picked for $9B JEDI successor
The selections for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, were made public Wednesday in a list of contracts published by the Pentagon.
Is using TikTok a national security risk?
The chairman of a national security subcommittee in the House of Representatives is worried that federal employees who use TikTok, Grindr and other mobile applications owned by foreign governments could be susceptible to blackmail or become national security vulnerabilities.
By Andrew Eversden
Google’s searching for military spouses who want IT careers
Google's providing 1,000 scholarships for military spouses to go through their IT training program.
By Karen Jowers
Forget Project Maven. Here are a couple other DoD projects Google is working on
Both DARPA Director Steve Walker and Vint Cert, Google’s vice president and chief internet evangelist, pointed to projects already underway that bring together the Pentagon’s top innovation hub and Silicon Valley’s tech giant. And yes, some involve artificial intelligence.
By Jill Aitoro
Russia social media influence efforts ongoing, report says
"With at least some of the Russian government's goals achieved in the face of little diplomatic or other pushback, it appears likely that the United States will continue to face Russian interference for the foreseeable future," the researchers wrote.
Google’s ‘internal effort’ for a Chinese search engine
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told the House of Representatives that he “will be transparent” if the search giant moves forward on plans that have garnered mounting criticism.
By Justin Lynch