Business Insider: Pentagon's Cyber Command gets upgraded status, new leader
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - The Pentagon's cyber warfare unit received an elevated status and a new commander on Friday, signaling the growing importance of digital combat as the United States grapples with sophisticated hacking by Russia, China and other actors.
Army Gen. Paul Nakasone took over leadership of U.S. Cyber Command at a ceremony at this base 30 miles north of Washington that featured both traditional military pomp and signs of the new age of warfare.
Cyber Command was elevated on Friday to an independent "unified command," a bureaucratic change that for the first time puts it on a par with nine other U.S. warfighting commands.
The change is "an acknowledgement that this new warfighting domain has come of age," Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said.
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Update: ‘Cyber domain will define next century of warfare’: Pentagon raises status of US Cyber Command (RT)
WNU Editor: This elevation of cyber command to a "Combatant Command" is long overdue.
2 comments:
"This elevation of cyber command to a "Combatant Command" is long overdue." oh, more than yes!!!! Thanks traitor Obama.
jac
that is a stupid and child-like statement! shame on you
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