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MDA Director See Cyber Threat On Par With Missile Threats

MDA Director See Cyber Threat On Par With Missile Threats
Vice Admiral James Syring, Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Photo: U.S. Defense Department.

The cyber threat the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) faces is at the same level as ICBM threats from Iran and North Korea, the director of the agency said in a committee hearing Thursday.“We have taken inordinate steps to protect both our classified and unclassified networks from attack: constant 24/7 monitoring with teams in place, plus good material protections of those systems,” Vice Adm. James Syring, MDA Director, said at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on April…

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