By: Justin Lynch
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis created a occupation strength Oct. 24 to protect critical engineering scientific discipline as well as preclude data-exfiltration of closely guarded secrets past times unusual governments. “This is non a ‘quick-fix’ occupation force,” Joseph Buccino, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, told Fifth Domain inwards an email. “The loss of engineering scientific discipline as well as information critical to our national safety is a long-term problem.”
Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Murphy volition Pb the occupation force. He was previously served every bit the deputy managing director of command, control, communications as well as computers as well as cybersecurity for the Department’s Joint Staff. He has also served every bit vice commander of the 24th Air Force as well as Air Force cyber.
The occupation strength volition move staffed past times “approximately 25 dedicated members from the Secretaries of the Military Departments, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” as well as a slew of agencies across the Pentagon that include the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Cyber Crime Center, as well as Army Counter Intelligence.
The occupation strength volition study to Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan.
“Each year, American businesses lose hundreds of billions of dollars acre our armed forces superiority is challenged,” Shanahan said inwards a Nov. 1 tilt to reporters. “Together amongst our partners inwards industry, nosotros volition piece of work every tool at our disposal to halt the loss of intellectual property, engineering scientific discipline as well as information critical to our national security.”
The occupation force’s creation comes afterwards high-profile hacks on defence contractors, according to ii electrical flow as well as one-time Pentagon officials who were briefed on the matter.
“Cybersecurity has non choke an ingrained norm inwards manufacturing, particularly inwards modest as well as medium-sized manufacturers,” read an Oct study from the Pentagon.
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