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Senate Cyber Subcommittee Chairman: FY 18 Defense Bill To Include National Cyber Warfare Strategy

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017

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Senate Cyber Subcommittee Chairman: FY 18 Defense Bill To Include National Cyber Warfare Strategy

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services - Cyber Subcommittee. Photo: U.S. Senate.

As negotiations wrapped up on the final version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2018, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Cyber cited the importance of including language urging the White House to adopt a formal cyber warfare strategy as final votes are set to take place. Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) cited the importance of plans to establish a definition for cyber acts of war and identify clear directives for the Department of Defense’s offensive…

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