http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/06/military_cyber_warfare_061609w/ By Rick Maze Staff writer June 16, 2009 The House Armed Services Committee moved Tuesday to escalate U.S. cyberwarfare efforts with a five-part defensive plan for protecting critical military information systems. Short- and long-term initiatives were approved by the committee as part of its version of the 2010 defense authorization bill. One immediate requirement of the bill langauage would be for the Defense Department to come up with a better, more coordinated process for discovering and addressing software vulnerabilities in defense systems. At some high level within the Pentagon, defense, service and defense agency officials would coordinate their efforts. Another immediate change would allow private-sector civilians to receive training from the Defense Cyber Investigation Training Academy, which could create a wider base of people who can address problems. And the bill would order a joint-service office for cyber capabilities that would work on policies involving tactics, technologies and manning of cyber-related commands and bills. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Jun 18 2009 - 02:09:27 PDT
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