The US Air Force is planning to roll out a new more robust cloud-based cybersecurity system for identifying, tracking, and abating potential cyber threats with software- and hardware-based sensor platforms. The new system called Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) is intended to replace the Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter (CVA/H) and the Operations Platform Fly Away Kits (IOP-FAK).

The new system allows data sharing through the cloud which enables airmen from different bases to exchange sensitive information regarding cyber threats. General Thomas Hensley, commander of the 16th Air Force, said that his aim is to have two IDCS kits installed at each Air Force base. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page