Cyber Solutions Depend on Partnerships, Official Says
American Forces Press Service
July 8, 2010
"Defense Department officials are reaching throughout government and the private sector to lay the framework for long-term solutions in computer network security, the department’s head of cyber policy said today.
Defense leaders have recognized the importance of cybersecurity, as noted in the Quadrennial Defense Review, by creating U.S. Cyber Command as a separate entity to handle the evolving issues around network security, Robert J. Butler, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said as part of a panel of speakers at a cybersecurity symposium sponsored by the Washington chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.
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Retired Air Force Gen. Ronald E. Keys, a senior advisor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former commander of Air Combat Command, moderated the panel. He said the department had to stand up Cyber Command to coordinate both security and network capacity issues."
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