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Published 20 September 2019

·  DHS’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Reflects Professionalism, Not Politics

·  Lawmakers Want to Bring Back Top White House Cybersecurity Post

·  DOD Advancing Cyber Capabilities in Preparation for “Enduring” Election Security Mission

·  Trump Officials Considering Plan to Divert Billions of Dollars in Additional Funds for Border Barrier

·  The NSA Is Running a Satellite Hacking Experiment

·  Trump’s Plan to Build Border Wall With Air Force Funds Could Threaten National Security: Report

·  Another False Emergency Warning Accidentally Activated in Hawaii

·  Whistleblower Fight Could Chill Reports of Wrongdoing

·  Cyberwar Is Here: Are You Ready?

DHS’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Reflects Professionalism, Not Politics (Christopher P. Costa, Defense One)
The counterterrorism experts who oversaw the Obama-Trump policy transition applaud the new strategy’s bold approach to domestic terrorism and guns.

Lawmakers Want to Bring Back Top White House Cybersecurity Post (Joseph Marks, Washington Post)
With a new official set to take the reins of the Trump White House’s national security strategy, some Democratic lawmakers are pushing for cybersecurity to get more top-level attention.

DOD Advancing Cyber Capabilities in Preparation for “Enduring” Election Security Mission (Justin Doubleday, Inside Defense)
Defense Secretary Mark Esper considers election security an “enduring mission” for the Defense Department, as DOD advances its cyber capabilities to thwart potential influence operations executed by adversaries like Russia and China ahead of 2020.
“Moving forward, I consider election security an enduring mission for the Department of Defense,” Esper said today during an address to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s annual summit at National Harbor, MD. “Our adversaries will continue to target our democratic processes. This is a reality of world we live in today.”