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NSA-US Cyber Command likely to keep 'dual hat' leadership under Biden

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Federal contractor whose CEO defrauded the NSA had won other contracts

InfoTek's co-founder and CEO Jacky Lynn McComber is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of billing the NSA out of $300,000 with inflated claims about work hours. The company is still registered to do business but appears to have collapsed.

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US Congress committees face off over military cyber operations' oversight

Confusion over the status of the Pentagon's cyber operations has revived the debate on Congress intelligence committees and in the intelligence services about responsibility for the oversight of covert action.

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NSA banks on work-study contracts to meet hiring challenge

With plans to take on 3000 new staff, the NSA's ambitious recruitment drive reveals Washington's emphasis on electromagnetic and cyber intelligence. But filling these vacancies is also proving to be a challenge, which the agency plans to meet through significant investments in training.

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USCYBERCOM extends deal with its trusted cyber contractor CS3

Cyber Systems & Services Solutions, a joint venture between several US cyber SMEs, has become a regular collaborator of the 67th Cyberspace Wing for its cyber defence operations.

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Capgemini safeguards EU trade secrets, Recorded Future lobbyists, Altus at Frontex

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsCapgemini and VVA, guardians of European firms' innovations against China

WashingtonRecorded Future gets busy in the halls of Congress

WarsawGreece's Altus to supply Frontex with maritime surveillance tech

Spotlight | United States
USCYBERCOM takes step towards acquisition autonomy

The US Cyber Command is accelerating its path towards increased acquisition and procurement powers with the launch of its first Program Executive Office. This marks its first real step towards a possible separation from the NSA.

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FBI faces increasing political scrutiny as election security and counter-espionage work piles up

FBI head Chris Wray needs to continue adapting the bureau to meet new internal and external threats. Paradoxically, the supposedly traditionally conservative organisation is confronted by increasingly fierce attacks from the Republican Party.

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Technica Corp to update USCYBERCOM's APT hunter system

As tensions continue to mount with Russia, the US Air Force has contracted Technica Corp to update USCYBERCOM's Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter.

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X8, discreet ally of US Cyber Command

The boutique US cyber intelligence firm that works on keeping a low-profile has a solid network of contacts within the US cyberspace operations unit.

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US Cyber Command-NSA split back up for review in Congress

The resource-sharing arrangements between the NSA and the US Cyber Command regularly get called into question and this time Congress would like a thorough review of how the two agencies interact and where they overlap.

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Stewart has to cut cord between NSA and CYBERCOM

The current director of the DIA will have the difficult task of creating an independent cyber-command practically from scratch.