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Homeland Security

Service Officials Talk Need of Obtaining Situational Awareness for Cyber

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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

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As the military services work to establish full operational capability (FOC) this fall for their newly established cyber commands, achieving real-time situational awareness of threats to their respective computer and information networks remains a key challenge, according to service officials. The Air Force is "nowhere near having situational awareness but we're working to get there," Col. Robert Skinner, commander of the 688th Information Operations Wing, 24th Air Force, says at Defense Daily's recent Cyber Security Summit. The 24th Air Force…

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