USCYBERCOM takes step towards acquisition autonomy

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.

• CREIL - Artemis roll-out speeds up

• PARIS - RB 42 woos French companies for Singapore at Campus Cyber

• FORT MEADE - Khoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark as head of acquisitions at US CYBERCOM

• LONDON - Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack's cyber firm Orchestra Group closing UK subsidiary

• QUANTICO - ManTech, top provider to NCIS's Neptune Silo unit

• BRUSSELS/MADRID - Tecnobit to handle Galileo's second-generation secure communications

• WASHINGTON - Senate blurry on US Cyber Command's cyber intelligence operations

Counter-influence expert looking for funding to develop cyber activities 

EdgeTheory, a service provider to the US intelligence community, wants to extend its expertise to cyber and has approached lobbyist Alpine Group Partners to look for funding.

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.

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.

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

A review into whether the NSA and the US Cyber Command, currently helmed by the same chief, should be separated, seems to point towards maintaining a status quo. The results of the audit into the matter point to a majority of stakeholders preferring this option.

STAG cyber specialists on reconnaissance mission for USCYBERCOM 

The Unites States Cyber Command is hiring the firm run by former US Air Force officers to run open source intelligence operations in order to assess adversary systems.

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.