New cybersecurity plan pushes private-sector role [View All]

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Source: WSJ

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Land, air, sea, space — now cyberspace. The Department of Defense Thursday released its first-ever “Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace,” and private companies are being called to service.

“Everybody is on the frontline,” Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III said at an official announcement detailing the new cybersecurity plan at the National Defense University.

The strategy, called the first unified plan incorporating DOD’s military, intelligence and business operations, lays out five pillars for defending against cyber attacks. Several of those pillars specifically address civilian help. Defense contractors and Internet service providers are expected to play an integral role in cyber defense.

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As part of the strategy, the Pentagon created a 90-day pilot program involving AT&T, Verizon Communications,and Century Link, the Internet service providers to a handful of defense contractors. They are given access to classified defense information to help protect against attacks by cyber hackers. After the program ends this summer, the Defense Department would like to expand its civilian cyber security base to allow dozens of companies to participate.



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