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Jared Serbu: Cyber defense redefines modern warfare readiness

The Defense Department has been expanding the degree to which it incorporates cyberspace into its thinking about what it means to conduct modern warfare. Now it...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

September 21, 2015 12:13 pm

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The Defense Department has been expanding the degree to which it incorporates cyberspace into its thinking about what it means to conduct modern warfare. Now it’s using old-fashioned accountability mechanisms to secure its networks. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, cyber defense will play a role in whether a military unit is deemed ready to deploy. And if it’s not, its commander will be held accountable.