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Air Force scraps iPad deployment plan over security concerns
A plan by the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to acquire almost 3,000 iPad tablets to lighten pilots' load was abruptly cancelled midweek. No reason was offered, though the prevailing
Air Force drone control system now runs on Linux
The drone control systems used to operate U.S. military drones appear to have made the switch to Linux, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, in a tweet. Referring to the discovery
SoundOff: What we've learned about the cloud in 2011
Another year has passed and chief information officers have a bit more information about this thing called "the cloud." But many CIOs still haven't made the leap, partially because comparing internal
Military resorts to disk ban in wake of WikiLeaks data dump
The U.S. military is ordering some troops to stop using removable media, including thumb drives and disks, in the wake of the recent WikiLeaks data dumps that have generated more than their share of
Tech tool may identify disgruntled workers
The Air Force is developing a data-mining tool to root out disaffected insiders based on their email activity, according to an article in this month's International Journal of Security and Networks.
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Editor's Corner
Eons ago, when computer hacker Kevin Mitnick was sentenced to jail, I thought a better punishment would have been for him to use his extensive hacking knowledge in a good way--by sharing what he did
Air Force IT project ahead of schedule
Usually when a story about government IT hits the headlines, it's about failure and project cost overrun. But the Air Force's efforts to modernize its technology operations are getting kudos and
