President Barack Obama’s February executive order requiring federal agencies to improve cybersecurity protections for critical infrastructure means the Defense Department will be sharing more information with the defense industrial base, said Michael E. Reheuser, the director of DOD’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Office. Story
“Bad actors” engaging in malware and espionage may lurk in cyberspace, but the law remains paramount to the Defense Department, said Eric Rosenbach, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. Story
NATO officials are closely analyzing what the future cyber warrior will look like as the war landscape shifts from air, ground and sea to cyberspace, the Allied Command Transformation’s deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and policy said. Story
A transformation is under way in the Defense Department’s understanding and treatment of cyber requirements in everything from communication networks to military operations in cyberspace, DOD officials told a House panel. Story
U.S. Cyber Command is standing up a highly trained cadre focused on national defense in cyberspace, Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, told Congress. Story
Cyber threats directed against the United States are more diverse, interconnected and viral than at any time in American history, James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate panel. Story
Through its Joint Cyber Center and other endeavors U.S. Pacific Comand aims to bolster its cyber capabilities and make them integral to the entire command structure. Story
Since the Defense Department officially made cyberspace a new domain of warfare in 2011, experts in the public and private sectors have been working to make that inherently collaborative, adaptable environment a suitable place for military command and control. Story
