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Launch of DHS cyber agency ‘more of a groundbreaking than a ribbon-cutting’

The Department of Homeland Security finally secured a name change for its cybersecurity-focused branch, but more importantly, and its chief has laid out a two-year roadmap to bring it up to “full operating capability.”

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Launch of DHS cyber agency ‘more of a groundbreaking than a ribbon-cutting’

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