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Mattis: DoD Needs Cyber Reorganization, Defined Role For Protecting The Domain

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

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The Department of Defense will undergo a continued reorganization of its cyber posts as it aims to better protect against broadening attacks to the domain, according to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.Following the release of an unclassified summary of the Pentagon’s new classified National Defense Strategy, Mattis discussed DoD’s effort to address its lack of direction on how to handle cyber threats outside of military operations, during a speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19.“In cyber,…

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