News

May 10, 2017
Endpoint cybersecurity technology deployed through AF agreement

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center electronic systems development division here and Carbon Black, a locally-based security company, signed a cooperative research and development agreement to improve cybersecurity for the Hanscom Air Force Base Collaboration and Innovation Center.
May 5, 2017
Cyber Squadron Initiative: Arming Airmen for 21st century battle

The Air Force cyber landscape of today is not the same as 10 or even five years ago; every Air Force core mission is impacted and connected by cyber. In response, the service has created the Cyber Squadron Initiative.
Feb. 28, 2017
Are your running shoes spying on you?

Five or 10 years ago, such a statement might have been appropriate for a cartoon matinee or slapstick farce, but in a new world defined by the Internet of Things, this statement isn’t just a possibility, but an actual cyber vulnerability to be aware of. Companies today are adding the word “smart” to
Feb. 16, 2017
New Squadron, New Commander, New Mission, needing New Airmen

One of the newest units in the Air Force has a commander after an Assumption of Command ceremony Feb. 12, at Gunter Annex.
Sept. 21, 2016
AFMC commander says cyber threats are real, need to get ahead of them

Cyber resiliency and hardening are more important now than ever and the Air Force Materiel Command commander made that point as she addressed a crowd at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 21.
Sept. 20, 2016
Cyberwarfare: What are we doing today?

Lt. Gen. J. Kevin McLaughlin, the U.S. Cyber Command deputy commander, discussed the missions, capacity and capabilities of USCYBERCOM during a cyber warfare session at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference here Sept. 20.