DoD expected to announce cyber command Monday
June 11, 2009The Defense Department on Monday is expected to announce the long-waited and much expected plan to establish a cybersecurity command.
Defense deputy secretary William Lynn is scheduled to speak June 15 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, where he will make the announcement, says Jim Lewis, the director of the think tank's Technology and Public Policy Program and a senior fellow.
DoD had been considering a departmentwide cyber command for the last year or more, and the services have been setting up their own cyber focused offices.
The Army earlier this year created a cyber office led by Brig. Gen. Steven Smith, the Army's chief cyber officer.
And the Air Force recently said Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, is the preferred alternative for the permanent location of 24th Air Force, a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission, which will be led by Maj. Gen. Richard Webber.
Last month, Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander told House lawmakers at a hearing that the cyber command was a done deal. Alexander, the National Security Agency's director, is rumored to be the head of the new command, which would be a sub-unified organization under U.S. Strategic Command.
Alexander also told lawmakers that the Defense Information Systems Agency would not be rolled into the new command.
Additionally, Alexander said the relationship with the Office of the Director for National Intelligence would be strengthened to have a real time view of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and attacks.
Some sources say DoD was waiting to announce the new command until the White House came out with its cybersecurity review.
The White House issued its report May 31, but did not address DoD's role or new command in much detail.
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