Kehler: Pentagon Faces 'Open Questions' On Cyberwarfare Policy

By Amanda Palleschi / November 16, 2011 at 5:59 PM
A new cyberwarfare policy report submitted to Congress by the Defense Department this week "does a good job" describing DOD's offensive authorities in cyberspace but leaves "open questions" about its civil authorities in cyberspace and definitions of concepts like active defense, according to U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler. The long-awaited cyberspace policy report, required by the fiscal year 2011 Defense Authorization Act, goes further than the department's strategy -- released this summer -- in defining the Pentagon's offensive...

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