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SASC Bill Calls For Addressing DoD’s Lack of Cyber Deterrence Coordination

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

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SASC Bill Calls For Addressing DoD’s Lack of Cyber Deterrence Coordination

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) mark-up of the defense authorization fiscal year 2018, which passed by an unanimous vote late Wednesday, pushes for increased responsibility from the Department of Defense and U.S. Cyber Command to address a lack of an effective strategy for cyber operations with the spate of recent global malware attacks.The SASC mark of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) included 27 amendments to the $640 billion budget and now moves to the Senate floor for consideration.…

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