Well, the election season is over and the period of speculation has begun. What does the 45th\u00a0presidency have in store for our nation’s defense and, more specifically, the cyber domain?\u00a0Officials, industry experts, pundits and individual practitioners have all begun to look ahead and pontificate as to what changes are likely to take place.
Discussions of an increase in defense spending are rampant.\u00a0Analysts translate that to increases in research and development spending and rebuilding\/updating the U.S. military\u2019s firepower.\u00a0What has not been talked about (for good reason) are updates and improvements in our collection and analysis of intelligence in near-real time.\u00a0While not openly discussed, many believe this, too, is likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all of this speculation, talk of a new arms race has also begun to pop up.\u00a0At this point in time, it is all conjecture. After all, sequestration must first be brought to an end!\u00a0The only thing that appears to be certain is that change is afoot, and it is going to be far different from what has been experienced in the past\u00a0\u2014\u00a0especially in relation to cyber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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