Cyber-focused British command operational

A recently created joint British defense command focusing in part on improving cyberwarfare capabilities is fully operational, the British Ministry of Defense announced this week.
A ministry statement Tuesday said the Joint Forces Command, established last year in the wake of an independent report slamming the British military for its inter-service squabbling, had become fully staffed under its four-star commander.

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Pentagon Expanding Cybersecurity Force to Protect Networks Against Attacks

The Pentagon is moving toward a major expansion of its cybersecurity force to counter increasing attacks on the nation’s computer networks, as well as to expand offensive computer operations on foreign adversaries, defense officials said Sunday.
The expansion would increase the Defense Department’s Cyber Command by more than 4,000 people, up from the current 900,
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U.S. Needs Offensive Weapons in Cyberwar

The United States needs to develop offensive weapons in cyberspace as part of its effort to protect the nation from cyber attacks, a senior military official said Oct. 4.
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White House repels cyber attack

The White House sustained a cyber attack with officials saying it successfully protected all systems.
In a rare move, the White House admitted it had received a cyber assault. Typically, the attacks are not acknowledged as the White House receives thousands every day.

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El Comando de Operaciones Cibernéticas de Estados Unidos consigue plena operatividad/ Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational Capability

El departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos ha anunciado que el Comando de Operaciones Cibernéticas de Estados Unidos ha conseguido la plena capacidad operativa.
Este comando es responsable de dirigir y protegar las redes informáticas del Departamento de Defensa.
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Department of Defense announced today that U.S. Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability (FOC).
Achieving FOC involved U.S. Cyber Command completing a number of critical tasks to ensure it was capable of accomplishing its mission. U.S. Cyber Command is responsible for directing activities to operate and defend DoD networks.
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Estados Unidos dispone de un Comando de Operaciones Informáticas/USA Cyber Command is official

Al igual que un comando de operaciones aéreas o navales, Estados Unidos dispone ahora de un comando de operaciones cibernéticas, que se encargará de las operaciones de las computadoras militares de la Nación. La central está del U.S. Cyber Command, está en Fort Meade, Md., y está en su fase de capacidad inicial operativa.
Ha sido creado como respuesta a la creciente amenaza procedente del terrorismo internacional y hackers que atacan las redes informáticas, que se produce miles de veces al día. Está dirigido a que Estados Unidos y sus aliados dispongan de libertad de uso del ciberespacio.
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The nascent command charged with operating the nation’s military computer networks is now a reality, the Pentagon has confirmed.
U.S. Cyber Command, a subordinate unit of U.S. Strategic Command, was launched Friday afternoon at Fort Meade, Md., in a status officials called an initial operating capability. The command is expected to be fully operational by October.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates directed the creation of Cyber Command in June 2009 in response to the already significant and growing digital threat from what the command identifies as “foreign actors, terrorists, criminal groups and individual hackers” posed to its information networks, which officials say are probed thousands of times daily.
Cyber Command will “direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and prepare to, when directed, conduct full-spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure U.S./allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to adversaries.”
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