Stories Related to Pentagon Cyberdefenses Weak, Report Warns

Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 10:00am

A new report for the Pentagon has concluded that the nation’s military is unprepared for a full-scale cyber-conflict with a top-tier adversary and must ramp up its offensive prowess. The unclassified version of the study by the Defense Science Board also urges the intelligence community to boost its collection on leading nations’ cyber-capabilities.

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