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CYBERCOM Leader: Command Will Need to Grow to Face Future Threats

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

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CYBERCOM Leader: Command Will Need to Grow to Face Future Threats

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, U.S. Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director, testifies before Congress Feb. 14, 2019. Screenshot: C-SPAN

The Pentagon's newest combatant command has capacity to address current cyber-related threats posed by foreign nations, but may need to grow as adversaries become more adept, its leader said Feb. 14. U.S. Cyber Command's cyber warfare cadre includes 133 teams, performing offensive, defensive, intelligence and analytic work for the command. Those teams are the "building block" of the command's capacity to counter cyber attacks from both near-peer adversaries such as Russia and China as well as rogue states such as…

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