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Pentagon-DHS Cyber Cooperation Deal Fruitful, Official Says

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

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Better coordination between the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security under an agreement hatched in October is proving useful, a DHS official said. While DHS is the lead U.S. agency on cyber defense, a new agreement forged by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano allows DHS to leverage expertise within the Pentagon the National Security Agency (Defense Daily, Oct. 14). "Rather than...having to reach out to ask a question of someone at Cyber Command,…

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