Army taps AWS and WWT to boost AI-enabled cybersecurity initiative – DefenseScoop

Army taps AWS and WWT to boost AI-enabled cybersecurity initiative  DefenseScoop

The Army picked Amazon Web Services and World Wide Technology to support its Project Griffin cybersecurity efforts. The Army’s Project Griffin is moving forward with the selection of Amazon Web Services and World Wide Technology to support the AI-enabled cybersecurity initiative, the service announced this week. The pilot effort, which has a combined total value of $2.6 million, falls under the Army Rapid Development of Cyber Defense Systems (ARDS) program and is driven by the project manager for cyber warfare under the portfolio management executive for intelligence and spectrum warfare. “Project Griffin is one of the first efforts under Project ARDS, which is advancing the Army’s adoption of SI-enabled cyber defense capabilities through rapid sprints in conjunction with industry partners,” Brandon Pugh, the secretary of the Army’s principal cyber advisor, said in a statement, using an acronym to refer to super intelligence, which is the Trump administration’s preferred name for artificial intelligence.

“We will swiftly implement SI-enabled cyber tools to detect, divert and deceive threat actors, and rapidly adopt agentic SI to securely scale network defense and disruption. The selection of AWS and WWT allows us to move at the speed of business required to deliver that capability,” Pugh added. Project Griffin is moving forward as defense officials try to confront the growing threat of potential AI-enabled digital attacks in