Matthew Swartz, the newly appointed Executive Director for Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, brings a distinguished and comprehensive background in information warfare and cyber operations. His career reflects decades of leadership across the Navy’s most technologically demanding missions, including strategic planning, operational integration, and the development of advanced cyber capabilities. Swartz’s deep expertise positions him as a key advisor to the CNO, ensuring the Navy continues to strengthen its information dominance, enhance cyber readiness, and maintain decision advantage in an increasingly complex and contested maritime environment.
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Trump administration job cuts worsen U.S. vulnerabilities to China and other cyber-adversaries.
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Lauryn Williams is deputy director and senior fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Experts say the U.S. military is at risk of being outgunned and outmanned in cyber warfare.
The U.S. military is hemorrhaging talent in cyber warfare, which national security experts warn could lead to America being outgunned and outsmarted by adversaries such as China, Russia, or Iran, who could use cyber weapons to wreak havoc on American military and civilian infrastructure.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is launching their annual series of critical real-world scenarios for U.S.-based academic institutions titled Codebreaker Challenge. In its 12th iteration for 2025, the Codebreaker Challenge gives students the opportunity to analyze high-risk situations closely resembling the Intelligence Community’s classified tasks, equipping them for national security challenges. Participants will go head-to-head with other schools to accomplish mission-driven tasks aimed at enhancing their skills in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, cryptography, programming/scripting, and beyond.
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What if I told you a major U.S. Department of Defense component assumed responsibility for building a critical warfighting capability negligently disregarded this duty, and ultimately allowed this capability to reach a point of failure? Well, that’s exactly what happened with U.S. Cyber Command.
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