MoD Creates Command Unit To Counter Cyber Threats

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/mod-creates-command-unit-to-counter-cyber-threats-32802

By Tom Jowitt
eWEEK Europe
June 28, 2011

Liam Fox has created a new joint force command at the MoD to oversee 
cyber warfare and military intelligence

Reforms at the Ministry of Defence week will also include the creation 
of a new joint force command unit, that will integrate the MoD’s cyber 
warfare and military intelligence units.

The reforms were announced by defence secretary Liam Fox in Parliament 
on Monday. The main thrust of the MoD reforms is a “radical” 
re-organisation at the ministry in an effort to end over-bureaucratic 
systems have previously resulted in costly and delayed procurement 
projects for the armed forces.

The reforms come following the recommendations of a report by Lord 
Levene – the chairman of Lloyd’s of London – into how to make the MoD 
more efficient, cut red tape and reduce inter-service rivalry.

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