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Air Force Stands Up Private Sector Exchange Cyber Team

Pat Host

Friday, January 6th, 2017

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Air Force Stands Up Private Sector Exchange Cyber Team

23rd Air Force Secretary Deborah James. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force started a cybersecurity exchange program the week of Jan. 3 that borrows professionals for six-to-12 month stints to work on complex issues, according to outgoing Air Force Secretary Deborah James.James said Friday this program, called the Air Force Digital Services Team (AFDST), is to help the service build software excellence into new programs and troubleshoot existing ones that run into difficulties associated with software. This program, she said, is a component of the Defense Digital Service, which…

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