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Cyber

DISA Cyber Official Sees Protection Teams As New Infantry, Says Agency Spends $1 Billion In Network Defense

Monday, September 19th, 2016

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DISA Cyber Official Sees Protection Teams As New Infantry, Says Agency Spends $1 Billion In Network Defense

John Hickey, DISA cyber development executive, speaks to Cyber Protection Teams 90 and 94 during their capstone course on Sept. 6, 2016. Photo: DISA.

The Defense information Systems Agency (DISA) cyber development executive, John Hickey, said earlier this month he views new Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) as a sort of new infantry and also asserted the agency spends about $1 billion per year on cyber operations to defend the network.Hickey commented on these issues while speaking to two CPTs assigned to DISA headquarters, CPT 90 and 94, during a capstone training course held on Sept. 6, the agency said Monday.In his remarks, Hickey focused…

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Unmanned Systems

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