Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

The Air Force spent the last week making zero trust a permanent part of its operations. A memo issued on July 22 created a dedicated office to oversee it – the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) – and named its first chief zero trust officer. This group now has control over timelines, budgets, and green-lighting all service-level implementation efforts tied to the 2027 Defense Department targets.

A Chinese state-sponsored intrusion set off alarms in Washington this week after investigators confirmed that the hacking unit known as Salt Typhoon burrowed into a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months and quietly siphoned off the keys to many other government systems. Defense officials briefed on a June 11 Department of Homeland Security memo say the breach represents the most dangerous incursion into a National Guard environment ever recorded.

French defense officials have confirmed that an eight-year program led by Airbus Defence and Space will stand up a dedicated cyber-training ecosystem for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, bringing fresh resources to the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER) less than a week after the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) gave the final green light.

Germany has opened a new front in its security agenda. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, during a 48-hour visit to Israel, said Berlin will build a joint cyber research center with Israeli partners and anchor a nationwide “Cyber Dome” to shield critical networks from hostile states and criminal syndicates.