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

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

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

Defense Secretary James Mattis.

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 (Defense Daily, Jan. 19), 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…

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