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Rogers Details Budget Request for Cyber Defense Efforts

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

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Rogers Details Budget Request for Cyber Defense Efforts

Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Photo: National Security Agency.

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 Tuesday.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…

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