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In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications

April 15, 2025
In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications
In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications

In Brief: Balancing Speed and Security in Defense Communications

Mackenzie Eaglen, Emerson T. Brooking, and Erik Schuh
April 15, 2025

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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 security

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