Trump’s new national cyber strategy seems to officially acknowledge cyber capabilities used in Midnight Hammer and Venezuela:

Pentagon formalizes conventional forces’ role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? breakingdefense.com/2025/11/pent...

How the ‘heartbreaking’ lack of a confirmed leader is impacting CYBERCOM and NSA breakingdefense.com/2025/11/how-...

Congress pushing Joint Task Force-Cyber, shaking up how DOD employs digital capabilities defensescoop.com/2025/07/24/n...

The Senate Armed Services Committee released an executive summary of this year’s NDAA. Two interesting cyber-related provisions: defensescoop.com/2025/07/11/s... defensescoop.com/2025/07/11/s...

Some interesting insights from Rep. Don Bacon, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee that oversees CYBERCOM, on the command’s growth and progress (which critically also depends on the services). Source: federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurit...

Army’s new budget proposal invests in electromagnetic force protection capabilities defensescoop.com/2025/07/01/a...

Cyber Command significantly increases funding request for defense in Indo-Pacific region defensescoop.com/2025/07/01/c...

With Bacon's statement out this morning, worth noting that he is/was one of the only fierce voices in Congress to restore DOD's electronic warfare prowess after divestment. These invisible capabilities are increasingly important in future conflict

If this is true, that’s now a few top tech and cyber leaders on the house side to leave their posts in recent years. That includes Langevin who left in 2023, Gallagher in 2024, and now Bacon, all chaired the House Armed Services Subcommittee that focuses on cyber www.politico.com/live-updates...

Are DOD’s rules of engagement in cyberspace too limited? defensescoop.com/2025/06/27/d...

Cyber Command supports strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but officials keep details under wraps defensescoop.com/2025/06/23/c...

You don’t deter cyber. You deter actors. What deters China won’t deter Russia, Iran, or ransomware gangs. In this clip, @markapomerleau.bsky.social joins Frank Cilluffo on Cyber Focus to unpack why deterrence still falls short—and what might change that. #Cybersecurity #CyberDeterrence #NatSec

Of note, with these nominations, the Army no longer holds any CCMD commander positions (with the exception of acting commander of CYBERCOM with no name been put forth yet to replace fired Air Force Gen. Haugh). USMC similarly no longer has CCMD commanders defensescoop.com/2025/06/05/t...

DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook defensescoop.com/2025/05/20/c...

Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA defensescoop.com/2025/05/16/m...

Senators press DOD cyber policy nominee to push for deterrence doctrine defensescoop.com/2025/05/06/s...

House and Senate Armed Services Committees reconciliation package released last night for an added $150 billion in defense priorities includes $1 billion for offensive cyber operations in Indo-Pacific Command