http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600639 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek February 1, 2010 The U.S. Navy has followed the Air Force and the Marine Corps in setting up a command center dedicated to overseeing and protecting its presence in cyber space. The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command is aimed at defending the Navy's IT systems against cyber attack and to use information systems and the Web to achieve military objectives, according to the Navy. Vice Admiral Bernard J. McCullough III is in charge of the new command, which also will organize and direct the Navy's cryptologic operations worldwide. "To execute our defined mission we must be able to exercise command and control over our networks with dynamic, real time defense and information assurance enabled by intelligence collection," McCullough said in a statement. To work in tandem with the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, the Navy has recommissioned its 10th Fleet, of which McCullough also is in charge. Both are headquartered at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, which also has Naval Network Warfare Command infrastructure and personnel in place. Maryland officials are positioning their state as a cybersecurity "epicenter" in the United States. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Feb 02 2010 - 01:24:08 PST
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