In addition to the new Cybersecurity Coordinator position created by Obama at the White House, more changes are afoot for National Cybersecurity. The US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, announced that the military will be creating a central hub, the US Cyber Command (Cybercom), to protect military networks from cyber threats.US Cyber Command to be Created
By Arieanna on June 25th, 20090 Comments
In addition to the new Cybersecurity Coordinator position created by Obama at the White House, more changes are afoot for National Cybersecurity. The US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, announced that the military will be creating a central hub, the US Cyber Command (Cybercom), to protect military networks from cyber threats.Gates will recommend to the President that Cybercom be led by the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander. Cybercom's responsibilities will be to co-ordinate the operation and protection of military and Pentagon computer networks. The Defense Department operates 15,000 separate computer networks and more than 7 million individual data devices. This new command will help streamline efforts and capabilities under a single command.
Plans for Cybercom, including mission, roles and responsibilities, and accountability measures, are due to be submitted on September 1st. It's expected that the new command will reach full operating capacity by October, 2010.
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