Pentagon Plans to Deploy More Than 100 Cyber Teams by Late 2015

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http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/03/pentagon-plans-deploy-more-100-cyber-teams-late-2015/61948/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
March 19, 2013

Within three years, the Pentagon’s Cyber Command will deploy more than 100 
teams focused predominantly on defending military networks rather than 
attacking adversaries’ systems, according to Defense Department officials.

The department recently reorganized Cyber Command, which since 2010 has 
directed offensive and defensive operations in cyberspace, into three “mission 
forces.” Two of those forces will engage in digital assaults, while the third 
will shield the dot-mil domain. The Washington Post first reported the 
organizational structure in late January.

The organization defending military networks -- cyber protection forces -- will 
comprise more than 60 teams, a Pentagon official said. The other two 
organizations -- combat mission forces and national mission forces -- will 
conduct offensive operations. National mission forces will employ 13 teams 
focused on securing U.S. private networks powering critical infrastructure such 
as transportation systems and other vital industries, the official said.

At a Senate Armed Forces hearing last Tuesday, Gen. Keith Alexander, head of 
Cyber Command, said the combat mission forces will include 27 teams and would 
“support the combatant commands in their planning process for offensive cyber 
capabilities.”

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