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Cyber

Industry Officials Urge Senate Panel To Push Pentagon On Addressing Cyber Protection Priorities

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018

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Industry Officials Urge Senate Panel To Push Pentagon On Addressing Cyber Protection Priorities

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Cyber security industry officials told a Senate panel on Wednesday the Pentagon should embrace more aggressive cyber hunting and automated threat detection capabilities to better protect its networks with the private sector’s improved technology.During the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity subcommittee hearing, witnesses from industry told lawmakers the Department of Defense should consider further procurement reforms to ensure it takes better advantage of improved cyber security technologies currently being developed in the private sector.“Opportunities remain for the department to improve its…

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