Ken LarsonFeb 1, 20223 min readThe Spyware That’s Changing Cyber War“THE NEW YORK TIMES” By Daid Leonhardt “When an Israeli company released a new spyware product known as Pegasus in 2011, it changed...
Ken LarsonJan 31, 20222 min readWhat Is 5G? An Electrical Engineer Explains“DEFENSE NEWS” By Prasenjit Mitra “5G stands for fifth-generation cellular network technology. 5G offers an order of magnitude — 10 times...
Ken LarsonJan 30, 20223 min readQuality Verifiable Big Data On Conflict Of Interest – Waste – Fraud And Abuse At The Pentagon“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO PENTAGON REVOLVING DOOR DATA BASE https://www.pogo.org/database/pentagon-revolving-door/...
Ken LarsonJan 29, 20223 min readMan Sentenced To 6 Years Prison For Over $1 Million In Disabled Veteran & Social Security Fraud Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida “A 27-year-old Georgia man who redirected the benefits of...
Ken LarsonJan 28, 20222 min readDARPA Makes Contract Awards For Tool Development To Detect/Analyze Enemy Propaganda On Social Media“MILITARY+AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS ” By John Keller “The U.S. is engaged with its adversaries in an asymmetric and continual war of...
Ken LarsonJan 27, 20223 min readSBA And “Business Forward Foundation” Announce Agreement For Free Digital Support Services SBA PRESS RELAEASE January 21, 2022 | Release Number 22-02 “A new venture will convene major tech companies, players to provide small...
Ken LarsonJan 26, 20225 min readGeopolitics Keeps Overruling Cyber Norms, So What’s The Alternative?“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Laura G. Brent https://www.cnas.org/people/laura-brent “Behavior in cyberspace will not be better or different than...
Ken LarsonJan 25, 20224 min readPentagon’s New Cyber Security Model Improving But Still An Incremental Solution “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Dr. Georgianna Shea “The Pentagon announced in November a new “strategic direction” for its Cyber Maturity...
Ken LarsonJan 24, 20223 min readNew NATO Space Policy Focuses On Leveraged Support And Domain Awareness“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Theresa Hitchens “NATO’s long-awaited space policy calls on allies to voluntarily ensure compatibility among their...
Ken LarsonJan 23, 20222 min readGAO Finds Thousands Of Revoked-License Doctors And 601 Dead Physicians on VA Outside Care Referral L“MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III “Lawmakers are demanding reforms in how Veterans Affairs officials screen outside doctors for patient...
Ken LarsonJan 22, 20223 min read36 Military Veterans In Congress VOTE AGAINST Benefits To National Guard And Reserve “TASK AND PURPOSE” A bill that would expand eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits to members of the military’s National Guard and...
Ken LarsonJan 21, 20223 min readUS Cyber Command Academic Engagement Network Tackles Cyber ChallengesPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “C4ISRNET” By Mark Pomerleau “U.S. Cyber Command is expanding its partnerships with universities and...
Ken LarsonJan 20, 20224 min readDemand Grows for Multi-Skilled, Flexible Aerospace And Defense Engineers“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Stephanie C. Hill “Traditionally, industry prioritized developing “specialized” engineers who would focus...
Ken LarsonJan 19, 20224 min readResolutions For B2G 2022 Marketing Plans “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Stephanie Geiger “As the single largest consumer in the world, the U.S. Federal Government spends more than...
Ken LarsonJan 18, 20224 min readWhat You Need To Know As DOD Ramps Up Procurement Fraud Investigations“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Noah Leiden and Patrick Fitzgerald “Fraud, waste and abuse risks are making headlines again in Department of...
Ken LarsonJan 17, 20224 min readMeeting The Defense Industrial Base Supply Chain ChallengesImage: marcorubber “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Chris Sax, Robert Van Steenburg and Jacob Winn “Due to its unique position as the core...
Ken LarsonJan 16, 20227 min readThe Real Versus Perceived Power Of The U.S. PresidencyA NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Those of us in the Military Veteran Community, who also worked for years with the federal government have become...
Ken LarsonJan 15, 20224 min readSix Things Veterans Can Do to Strengthen Our Democracy“DEFENSE ONE” – By WILLIAM BRANIFF, JOE PLENZLER AND ANIL NATHAN “Our nation faces many challenges, from ending the COVID-19 pandemic to...
Ken LarsonJan 14, 20223 min readContractor Gets Jail After Defrauding Government Out Of $346 Million Meant for Vets And Minorities“MILITARY.COM” By Rebecca Kheel “A construction company owner who is neither a veteran nor a minority has been sentenced to 28 months in...
Ken LarsonJan 13, 20222 min readDARPA’s New Public Tools Teach AI Developers to Defend Against Attacks“AIR FORCE MAGAZINE” By Amanda Miller “DARPA’s GARD program developed a set of tools to teach developers of artificial intelligence...
