The Intelligence Community and Cyber Command
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010A contempo development in the apple of Cyber Security will accept far extensive and absolute furnishings on attention the arrangement assets of the United States Military. The Cyber Security efforts of the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense (under the Defense Advice Systems Agency) are now alloyed beneath one unified command – The Cyber Command.
Civilian Cyber Security efforts for noncombatant and non Department of Defense Agencies abide beneath the ascendancy of the Department of Homeland Security and will abide that way in the accountable future.
The United States Cyber Command was clearly activated 21 May 2010 at Fort Meade, Maryland and is slated to ability absolutely operational address in 2010 and DISA will physically backpack to Fort Meade beneath the accoutrement of the Base Reduction and Closing Commission (BRAC). Fort Meade Maryland is the home of the National Security Agency (NSA).
Cyber Command is led by National Security Agency Director General Keith B. Alexander. The command will accept albatross for several absolute organizations beneath one leadership.
The Joint Task Force for Global Arrangement Operations (JTF-GNO) and the Joint Functional Component Command for Arrangement Warfare will be attenuated by October 2010. The Defense Advice Systems Agency, area JTF-GNO now operates, will accommodate abstruse abetment for arrangement and advice affirmation to Cybercom, and will be affective its address to Ft. Meade.
