CYBERSECURITY

& Information Systems Digest

1 JULY 2025

CSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

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JULY IS RANSOMWARE AWARENESS MONTH

Ransomware Awareness Month aims to educate individuals and organizations about what ransomware is, the dangers it poses, and protective measures they can take to combat it. Ransomware attacks involve malware encrypted to lock a computer and render its files and their systems unusable. Malicious actors then demand a ransom for decryption and its release.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides their #StopRansomware Guide​ which outlines ​​best practices to detect, prevent, respond, and recover from potential attacks.

Learn more and download the CISA guide here:  https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware​.​​​​​

FEATURED ARTICLE

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Accelerating Cyber Resilience: Air Force, DARPA Join Forces to Strengthen Cyber Defenses

A strong, lethal military demands cutting-edge and resilient software to power every weapon and support system our U.S. Warfighters depend on. However, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) reliance on aging IT infrastructure, using security policies developed over the last 30 years, creates inherent vulnerabilities in its systems, from legacy architectures to advanced weapons. Meanwhile,…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

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Artificial Intelligence/Machine-Learning (AI/ML) Tools

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are transforming the ways organizations interact with data and generate insights from it.  This report introduces key concepts present using AI for data analytics and highlights the most recent tools and platforms in the field.  Several commercial, government, or open-source software tools were identified during research.  These tools could be used to leverage AI/ML to support the inquirer…

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Voice From the Community

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Rober Urias

Cyberspace Manager, Space Systems Command

Rober Urias serves as the Vandenberg SFB Space Launch Delta 30 Alternate Information Systems Security Manager, and Cyberspace Manager in support of Space Systems Command (SSC), and Space Operations Command (SpOC). He develops and manages base-wide cybersecurity programs, as well as computer and network security for unique national security critical command and control systems. His focus is on establishing and publishing base-wide policy to manage the INFOSEC, COMPUSEC, COMSEC, TEMPEST, and RMF programs, and provide advice and guidance in its implementation and in procedures used, in the development and operation of systems.

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