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careers: CYBERCOM and DC3
raft, Fr t and
Cen er
The Pen agon’s mai cyb rsecurity uni , CY RCOM,
di upts the sou ces of yb rattacks.
Fe s ahe d of he 202 vot U.S l -
tio tha for ign hac ers wou d
int rfere wit the 202 vot tha kfully
pro ed unw rranted. In ed,
th fed ral Dep rtment
of om land Sec rity’s
Cyb rsecurity & I f a-
str cture Sec rity
Age cy dec ared tha the tion was “th mos t
sec re in me ican his -
tor .” O e rea on for tha t
gre t res lt was eff rts mad e
by he U.S y r Com -
man (CY ERCOM), th agon’s mai cyb r-
sec rity uni , in on unc-
tio wit al
S the Nat onal
Sec rity Age cy (NS ), to
en def nses of ot ng
sys ems nat onwide and to is -
rup for ign thr ats to he vot .
CY RCOM, wh h is nl 11 ea s old ,
is ne of 1 ni ied com at com ands of
1 U.S e nse Dep rtment. Wh was nv ef lved in lv le tion sec rity eff rts?
Wel , it mis ion inc udes wor ing
to tr ngthen Ame ica’s abi ity
to it stand and and res ond to
it rattacks, as el as el orting the glo al mis -
sio s of om at com and-
ers and -
er def nding the Pen -
tag n’s inf rmation net ork.
It bas d at he NSA s hea -
qua ters at t. Me e, MD Th cies hav wha ’s cal ed
a “ u a s l-hat” str cture, be e the dir ctor of he dir is ls CYB RCOM’s
com ander.
CY RCOM cou d be a
g t pla e to or for stu ents
who are int rested in re or in y-
ing in re or in y-
ecurity but who are als int igued by
sec et wor d of py raft. Wh e it as d
i it iv ally l s t up to h ve a ture, today it ofte pl th s
the New York Times r port ly
ea s
yea , in th ea ly days th erattack w ed re exp cted a e a t i o
a new pe of w fare. I u o t g
has ecom a w de y used ra t. “Ha ki g is i c ming “H to pio d
in le in
t e 21 t ce tury much lik . o d
in d
in the 2 th,” e imes t .
S ten
working in c nju cti A
and us rding.
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