Military cyber command unit in the works

From The New York Times (David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker)

The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare.

The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President Obama on Friday that would overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks. Read the full story [NYTimes.com].

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