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Situational Awareness Big Hurdle for Cyber Command, New Chief Says

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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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The head of the new Cyber Command says that developing better situational awareness over the military's computing networks is one of his primary challenges. Two weeks after the sub-unified military command's activation, Commander Army Gen. Keith Alexander says that U.S. cyber networks "face a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities, strong adversary capabilities, and weak situational awareness," reports our sister publication Defense Daily. Thus, his short-term to-do list in the military realm is to help define requirements for improving…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Needs Will Be Addressed In Next NDAA Based On Iran War Lessons, Banks Says

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