
U.S. Cyber Command is ready to become a fully independent combatant command, and gaining that status would allow it to more quickly respond to crises and strengthen its role in the budgeting process, the head of the organization said Tuesday.As part of its Goldwater-Nichols-style organizational review, the Defense Department is currently assessing whether to transition CYBERCOM—currently subordinate to U.S. Strategic Command—to an independent combatant command (COCOM). During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Adm. Mike Rogers, who leads both CYBERCOM…