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Cyber Command: Observers worry about unintended consequences
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:46:24 -0500 (CDT)
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/06/25/cyber-command-dod-nsa.aspx By John S. Monroe FCW.com June 25, 2009 The Defense Department’s new U.S. Cyber Command is now the cybersecurity heavyweight in the government division, according to numerous media accounts. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Defense Department officials have emphasized that the new organization, which will be commanded by the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), would have a clearly defined role: Protecting military networks and conducting offensive cyber operations against hostile forces (read GCN’s news story here). But the sheer size and importance of DOD’s military operations have caused some observers to wonder about how big an effect the Cyber Command might have outside its own domain. The Washington Post quotes analysts who say Gates announced the command in a memo, rather than in a speech, in an “effort to tamp down concerns that the Defense Department and the NSA will dominate efforts to protect the nation's computer networks.” [...]
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