Pentagon plans to split cyber command, NSA draws strong Hill criticism
The Pentagon is proposing to end an arrangement in which a single military officer leads two of the nation's main cybersecurity organizations, a move that a leading Democrat said Saturday makes him "profoundly concerned" amid a large-scale cyberattack on US government computer systems. Rep Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller that he objects to the way the Pentagon is going about splitting off US Cyber Command from the National Security Agency. Both organizations currently are headed by Army Gen Paul Nak...
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