Congress is calling for the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to a full unified combatant command while keeping the position dual-hatted with the head of the National Security Agency until senior defense officials certify that separating the two posts won't be detrimental to national security, according to the conference report on the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill. In a set of provisions, the lawmakers sided with the House's call to elevate CYBERCOM, while pushing forward the Senate's position to...
