By GCN Staff
Apr 27, 2021
Kessel Run, the Air Force’s hybrid acquisition and operations unit that develops, acquires and field software solutions for the warfighter, is looking for enterprise DevSecOps partners to help modernize its infrastructure to get capabilities into the field more quickly.
For the new Global Application Delivery Network, the Kessel Run Program Management Office wants to leverage the advantages of a distributed cloud infrastructure and a continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline to deliver software containers and their data to users across commercial internet and air-gapped networks, the PMO said in an April 23 request for information.
Specifically, Kessel Run is looking for solutions that meet mission needs, including:
By GCN Staff
Apr 27, 2021
To improve the declining reliability of Marine Corps data transmitted via Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology, the Defense Information System Agency’s Cloud Computing Program Office has developed and tested a new technology called CLOAK, or Cloud Layered Obfuscation Application Kit.
VSAT uses satellite systems to support high-bandwidth voice, video and data applications such as video conferencing between locations. The military also uses it for the exchange of intelligence and logistics information.
Developed in collaboration with the 9th Communication Battalion, CLOAK allows users to split network traffic across multiple transmission paths, then combine that traffic within the cloud environment. This leads to faster and more secure communications. Because the fragmented information is less identifiable in the transmission process, it is more secure and less likely to fall into the wrong hands,
Automation provides the only practical path to effective data provisioning that can increase data center efficiency while ensuring users have the resources they need.
Apr 27, 2021
In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive pop-up opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.
More than 80% of Airmen ages 18 to 35 identify as gamers, playing between four and 10 hours per week, Col. Marc Adair, the Air Force Service Center’s director of operations, said at the launch. Until recently, though, there was no scalable framework or unified competition structure for players in the Air or Space Forces to connect through games.
By Scott Shackelford
Apr 26, 2021
The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part of a government effort to contain the continuing attacks on corporate networks running Microsoft Exchange software, and it’s an unprecedented intrusion that’s raising legal questions about just how far the government can go.
On April 9, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a search warrant allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to carry out the operation.
The software the FBI is deleting is malicious code installed by hackers to take control of a victim’s computer. Hackers have used the code to access vast amounts of private email messages and to launch ransomware attacks. The authority the Justice Department relied on and the way the FBI carried out the operation set important precedents. They also raise questions about the power of courts to re