http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10470186-83.html By Lance Whitney Security CNet News March 23, 2010 Washingon's new U.S. Cyber Command is prepped and ready but is still waiting for Senate approval of its new commander before it can open for business. The new command would unify and administer the U.S. Department of Defense's vast computer networks to better defend against cyberattacks. In June, Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the creation of Cyber Command as a unified, sub-division of U.S. Strategic Command to operate the Defense Department's information resources of 15,000 computer networks across 4,000 military bases in 88 countries. Cyber Command is seen within the Defense Department as a vital reorganization needed to integrate its vast network of computing resources, which are currently operated separately. Appearing last week before the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on strategic forces, Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, stressed the need to move away from the current segregation of resources. "This segregation detracts from natural synergies and ignores our experience in organizing to operate in the air, land, sea, and space domains," said. "The establishment of U.S. CyberCom will remedy this problem in the cyber domain." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Tue Mar 23 2010 - 23:47:10 PDT
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