In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** There is a lot of current discussion about the need for the Department of Defense to move faster and more efficiently, including by using more commercially available software. The “Houthi PC small group” incident highlighted the attractiveness of using a communications app like Signal rather than traditional, more cumbersome U.S. government tools — but it also demonstrated The post In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications appeared first on War on the Rocks.

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In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** There is a lot of current discussion about the need for the Department of Defense to move faster and more efficiently, including by using more commercially available software. The “Houthi PC small group” incident highlighted the attractiveness of using a communications app like Signal rather than traditional, more cumbersome U.S. government tools — but it also demonstrated

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