From CNN (Article):
“President Donald Trump on Friday elevated the US military’s Cyber Command, which oversees the defense of the military’s information networks and conducts offensive cyber-operations, putting it on the same level as other combatant commands that operate in the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere.”
The elevation will only come into full effect upon the nomination and confirmation of a new four-star commander, Ken Rapuano, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security, told reporters at the Pentagon on Friday.
He called the elevation a “natural, next step” that would raise the stature of the command, saying the move “reflects the growing centrality of cyberspace to US national security.”
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