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Translating the Air Force's "Cyber Vision 2025"

Translating the Air Force’s “Cyber Vision 2025”

Early last year, we wrote about getting a copy of the Air Force’s “Cyber Vision 2025,” which outlines where it wanted the military’s tech to be in the next ten years. Back then, we joked about how hard it was to understand. Now, however, we have our Official Jargon Translator take a crack at it, and in plain English, it’s pretty terrifying.

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Remind your local state and town about the importance of cybersecurity

Remind your local state and town about the importance of cybersecurity

Attacks like last month’s on the East Coast’s web are not uncommon. And the fact that for some people the attack was partially-facilitated by their very own appliances is a little too close to Maximum Overdrive for comfort. So help us find out: is your local government taking steps to protect itself and you from the threat of INTERNET?

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Inside the NSA’s cybersecurity summer camp

Inside the NSA’s cybersecurity summer camp

It’s fair to say that after the Edward Snowden leaks, the National Security Agency (NSA) has had a bit of an image problem, which in turn has affected recruiting efforts. So what is the NSA doing to combat all this bad PR? Summer camps.

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"Air Force Cyber Vision 2025" outlines goals for next-gen "cyber-warriors"

“Air Force Cyber Vision 2025” outlines goals for next-gen “cyber-warriors”

In late 2013, MuckRock’s Shawn Musgrave requested a copy of the Air Force’s Cyber and Information Technology Research Investment report, which the agency was required to compile and submit to congress. Last March, that report came in, detailing where the Air Force wants its tech to be by 2025.

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