DHS's new order banning Acronis AG from federal systems also sheds new light on security concerns U.S. officials have about the company's products and services.
FILE - The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. DHS says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months. DHS said June 7, 2022, in the National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin the U.S. was in a "heightened threat environment" already and these factors may worsen the situation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - Ukrainian servicemen prepare a "Chaklun" strike drone used for deep-strike operations against Russian positions in Crimea, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov, File)
"We had two or three representatives from Agriculture, Education, Labor, National Science Foundation, and we really worked well together," said Jan Tyler.
In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, as part of a force projection exercise to Shemya Island, Alaska, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 13, 2024. (Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites/U.S Air Force via AP)
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"I think part of the contractor community's perspective is really thinking through, what does this do to acquisition timelines?" said Stephanie Kostro.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael deliver remarks to the press while touring multi-domain autonomous displays at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
The U.S. Army has picked Amazon Web Services and World Wide Technology to help build an autonomous cyber defense system that can find and stop network threats with little human involvement, choosing the two companies on Oct. 23, 2026, for a Project Griffin pilot worth a combined $2.6 million. The U.S. Army said it wants […]
“CHRA will make a mistake … We'll fix them,” CHRA Director Karen Pane said. “In order to be creative, you sometimes have to have the possibility of failing.”
"Not just having IT sitting at the table, or your CISO sitting at the table, I want to have compliance, business, everybody at the table," said Michael Volkov.
The lawsuit argues that DoD knew about problems with its cybersecurity practices but continued to “intentionally disregard its cybersecurity responsibilities.”
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