DOD Seeks OK to Provide Cybersecurity Training to Defense Industry

By Jason Sherman / June 4, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to boost the ranks of national security cyber sleuths by opening the doors of a key military training academy to defense contractors, particularly those of "significant and substantial importance" to the U.S. military, according to a new batch of fiscal year 2010 legislative proposals. On May 15, the Defense Department sent Congress a previously unreported request to modify the law in order to allow the defense secretary to permit as many as 200 "eligible...

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