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FORT MEADE, Md. Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the International Women Air & Space Museum. For three days it'll also be home to over 1,000 outstanding women in cybersecurity - and the National Security Agency (NSA) will be there.

The 9th annual Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference is in-person from March 17-19 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland.NSA's presence will be highlighted at booth #300 at the conference career fair in addition to a trio of speakers. BGen Lorna Mahlock, United States Marine Corps, will provide insight into her trailblazing career as the first African American Brigadier General in the Marines. From the NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, our women in cybersecurity will talk about their work that impacts and shapes the field today and into the future.

NSA Speakers at WiCyS 2022:

Visitors can learn more about NSA's mission, how it addresses the hardest problems facing the nation, and meet some of the people making it all happen.

Bring your resume! If you're looking for a rewarding career in the fast-paced world of cyber, and you're passionate about federal service, stop by booth #300 for more information. We'll have folks ready to conduct interviews and help grow our team.

We hope to see you in Cleveland to help highlight some of the incredible women who drive cybersecurity at NSA.

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NSA on the road at the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference 2022 - National Security Agency

A senior Pentagon official on Thursday said the Biden administration will review the joint leadership structure that has long governed U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.

I believe that the dual-hat will be looked at again, just by this administration, just to ensure that we understand what the value added is, but also what the impacts are. And so that discussion is still ongoing within the department today, Ronald Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security testified during a House Armed Services Committee subpanel hearing.

We understand that there is sentiment on both sides to really not do any harm, he added. But I believe that it will be looked at. Itll be an objective look.

The two agencies, which are co-located at Fort Meade, Md., have shared leadership under a so-called dual-hat arrangement ever since the Defense Department stood up Cyber Command in 2009.

While there have been attempts to split up the two in the past most notably near the end of the Obama administration and an 11th-hour push in the final weeks of the Trump administration desire to do so has largely waned since Army Gen. Paul Nakasone assumed command of the militarys top digital warfighting unit and the federal governments largest intelligence agency nearly four years ago.

The four-star is admired by both Democrats and Republicans, especially after defending the 2018 and 2020 election from foreign interference, although Nakasonehas run afoul of GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee after a controversy surrounding a former panel staffers selection to be the NSAs top lawyer.

Testifying alongside Moultrie, Nakasone said the maintaining or ending the dual-hat is a policy decision that obviously will be made by others.

But my best military advice, as it was when I first came in the job is the fact that through elections, through problems with Iran, through ransomware, and now with Russia-Ukraine, what the dual-hat has allowed us to do is focus the efforts of both organizations in cyberspace.

We both operate there and being able to have action, being able to [have] unity effort and being able to have agility is what the dual-hats been able to allow me to do over the past three plus years, he told lawmakers, echoing comments he has made in other recent congressional hearings.

For now, Armed Services members seem content to keep the two together.

There seems to be a natural partnership between organizations, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), chair of the committees Intelligence and Special Operations subpanel, said during the hearing the public portion of which lasted just over 30 minutes.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said he has always opposed the push to separate the leadership roles.

I know how important NSA is to the Cyber Command missions. Theyre very much integrated, he said. And if you had two four stars going different directions you have a dysfunctional situation.

Bacon vowed he would combat future attempts to divide the dual-hat and I hope the Congress does. You need unified direction. And I think your leadership of both of those organizations provide that unified direction.

Martin is a senior cybersecurity reporter for The Record. He spent the last five years at Politico, where he covered Congress, the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community and was a driving force behind the publication's cybersecurity newsletter.

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The zeros lined up on the scoreboard, but former Nansemond-Suffolk Academy softball standout and current freshman UNC Greensboro pitcher Reese Byrd had no idea she had pitched a no-hitter until she was mobbed by her teammates.

Byrd didnt allow a hit in a five-inning no-hitter in an 8-0 win March 13 over Delaware State.

I had no clue what was happening until my teammates ran up to me after the game, Byrd said.

Sophomore Brooklynn Maxwell scooped up a routine ground ball at shortstop in the top of the fifth with two outs, making a line-drive throw to senior Samantha Lagrama at first base to solidify the victory.

The team sprinted out from the dugout and surrounded Byrd, who was casually jogging out to left field following the out. Freshman Jessie Shipley was the first to Byrd, while the rest of the team had giant smiles on their faces.

I said (to Byrd) Hey, do you know what you just did, Shipley said. She seemed a little confused, and I said NO-NO. Then she smiled and got excited. It was really cool to watch her do that and Im super proud of her.

Byrd struck out five in the victory. She is 4-3 overall in nine appearances and starts with three complete games.

A no-hitter is a tough feat to accomplish for any pitcher, said coach Janelle Breneman. Reese being a freshman makes it very special and is a sign of good things to come. Our defense was solid behind Reeses ability to shut them down.

Reese faced 18 batters, tossing 65 pitches in the shutout.

This was the first shutout for the Spartans (16-8) since May 9, 2021 when they beat Western Carolina 5-0.

I didnt have my best performance in the previous game, so this outing was refreshing, Byrd said.

Byrd in 2021 helped NSA to Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II championships while the Saints went undefeated. That season, she was also named the conference player of the year and selected first-team all-state.

With UNC Greensboro, Byrd has a 2.93 ERA, the lowest of the Spartans pitching staff. She has thrown 40.2 innings, allowed 35 hits and has 20 strikeouts.

I am so proud of Reese and her performance on the mound on Sunday, said pitching coach Kendra Kirkhoff. She took control and showed a lot of confidence with each batter.

This was the Suffolk, Virginia natives first collegiate no-hitter. It was also the first for UNCG since Feb. 24, 2018, when Stephanie Bryden, the schools current volunteer assistant coach, threw an 8-0 five-inning victory against Virginia.

This is the 13th no-hitter in program history.

My teammates and coaches made it so special and exciting, Byrd said. Everyone was really excited for me in the huddle after the game. Ive thrown a few no-hitters in high school and travel ball, but this one was definitely my favorite.

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She didn't know about the no-no: Former NSA softball standout throws no-hitter - The Suffolk News-Herald - Suffolk News-Herald

The US National Security Agency is reportedly investigating a hack targeting Viasat that disrupted internet access in Ukraine as Russian forces prepared to invade the country.

Viasat told CNBC on Feb. 28 that it was "experiencing a partial network outage" said to be "impacting internet service for fixed broadband customers in Ukraine and elsewhere on our European KA-SAT network." The outage started on Feb. 24the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

Reuters now reports that the NSA is collaborating with ANSSI and Ukrainian intelligence to determine "whether the remote sabotage of a satellite internet provider's service was the work of Russian-state backed hackers preparing the battlefield by attempting to sever communications."

Viasat told Reuters the outage affected satellite modems owned by tens of thousands of customers in Europe. Some of those modems are still offline at time of writing, according to the report, and bringing them back online is going to be a fairly involved process.

Reuters reports that a Viasat official "said most of the affected devices would need to be reprogrammed either by a technician on site or at a repair depot and that some would have to be swapped out." Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine will likely complicate that process.

In the meantime, Ukraine has turned to services like Starlink to remain online, although SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has warned that Russia might attack its satellite internet service as well so it can sever Ukraine's connection to the outside world as it seeks international aid in this conflict.

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Report: NSA Investigates Viasat Hack That Coincided With Ukraine Invasion - PCMag

At the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modis style and direction for counter-terror and counter-strike operations is the ability to adapt and surprise the enemy by exhibiting risk-taking at the highest level, writes national security advisor Ajit Doval in a new book thats been brought out to celebrate 20 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in public office. The book titled Modi@20: Dreams meet Delivery. will be out next month and has chapters written by home Minister Amit Shah, minister of external affairs S. Jaishankar, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Nandan Nilenkani, Arvind Panagariya, Ashok Gulati, Sudha Murthy, the late Lata Mangeshkar, PV Sindhu and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It has been edited by BlueKraft Digital Foundation and is being published by Rupa Publications.

The PM completed 20 years in public office last year.

In an excerpt reviewed by HT, Doval describes how the Prime Minister dealt with the Uri terror attack in September of 2016 where terrorists breached the defences of the armys 12 Infantry Brigade base and killed 19 personnel. 10 days later, India carried out what has now become known as a surgical strike, hitting targets across the Line of Control. In the response to Uri 2016, a few aspects stand out, writes Doval. One, it was a simultaneous operation by multiple strike teams at four disparate locations and extended across a vast geographical boundary.

The second aspect, according to the NSA, is that the strikes were a political call taken by the Prime Minister, which meant he was taking responsibility not only for success, but also for failure. This exhibited risk-taking at the highest level a quality shown by very few. Third, it generated chaos, panic and confusion by creating the enemy is everywhere syndrome, Doval writes.

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According to Doval, the strike was so effective that the then Pakistan leadership castigated its ground formations for failing to block even one strike team, despite having a large number of forward deployed troops. The NSA then goes on to differentiate the incident from the aerial strike conducted post the attack in Pulwama in 2019. Nearly 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14, 2019. The attack on the CRPF convoy prompted India to carry out an airstrike in Pakistans Balakot and brought the two countries to the verge of war.

When it comes to the response to Pulwana, 2019, the one aspect of the Balakot counter-strike was that it was very different from other counter-terror, counter strikes undertaken by India, he writes. We had been responding to terror strikes in the ground domain. It was the first time an aerial strike was conceived and implemented with finesse, in the bargain also blowing away the myth of Pakistan nuclear bargain.

Doval goes on to add that if any adversary attacks Indias core interests, there will be counters. Domain and level will not be limiting factors, he writes. That said, the post-Uri strikes were different, and Balakot was different from the post-Ur strike. Tomorrow it may be different from both. This remains at the core of the Prime Ministers style of thinking and directions.

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