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Cyber

Acquiring Cyber Security Tools Quickly Is A Challenge, Navy And Marine Officers Say

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

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Acquiring Cyber Security Tools Quickly Is A Challenge, Navy And Marine Officers Say

Vice Admiral Jan Tighe, Commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the 10th Fleet. Photo: U.S. Navy

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The pace of cyber threats facing military systems and networks is expanding and evolving rapidly but the ability to quickly acquire and deploy tools to counter these threats remains a challenge, military officers said here at the annual Navy League Sea Air Space conference.Industries that make up the nation’s critical infrastructure are able to acquire new cyber solutions as they need them and shed outdated systems, which “gives them the advantage of staying ahead of the adversary,” Vice…

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