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Rogers Details Budget Request for Cyber Defense Efforts

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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National Security Agency (NSA) Director Adm. Mike Rogers announced a $647 million request to be included in the proposed defense budget for FY '18 in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee on May 23.Rogers detailed the growing responsibilities and efforts of the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), for which he also serves as commander, including increasing cyber manpower and building upon defensive and offensive capability and capacity.“Hardly a day has gone by during my tenure at cyber command, that we…

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