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Defense Acquisition University's Chris Newborn Selected as SynED's May National CyberHero for Boosting Defense Contractors' Cyber Defense Systems

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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He worked with the acquisition workforce and Defense Industrial Base professionals who are responsible for acquiring, deploying, and maintaining cybersecurity capabilities and defending critical networks, systems, and data.

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  • He worked with the acquisition workforce and Defense Industrial Base professionals who are responsible for acquiring, deploying, and maintaining cybersecurity capabilities and defending critical networks, systems, and data.
  • I have no doubt that his 'retirement' will just mean he's starting a new chapter in his service to others and national security."
  • Chris was appointed to the Army's civilian staff at the Pentagon, where he worked on acquisition management from the government side.
  • After 37 years with the Department of Defense, Chris officially retired in April 2022 and recently moved to North Carolina.

New Defense-Focused Survey Finds Military Personnel Increasingly Concerned About Communications Keeping Pace with Adversaries

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON and CARLSBAD, Calif., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT) a global communications company, today announced results from its Annual State of Military Communications study conducted by the Government Business Council (GBC), the research division of Government Executive Media Group. Despite signs of improving U.S. defense communications reliability, the survey points to growing concern among Department of Defense (DoD) personnel about U.S. military communications' capabilities being surpassed by adversaries and a lack of current action being taken to address this challenge. A copy of the complete survey report can be found here.

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  • Despite signs of improving U.S. defense communications reliability, the survey points to growing concern among Department of Defense (DoD) personnel about U.S. military communications' capabilities being surpassed by adversaries and a lack of current action being taken to address this challenge.
  • These findings come despite DoD personnel also reporting greater reliability in their own experience with defense communications.
  • "In its third year, the State of Military Communications survey highlights both encouraging and concerning trends surrounding the future of U.S. military communications.
  • From August 2021 to January 2022, GBC deployed a survey to a random sample of military government employees to measure change over time in the state of military communications technology.