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Norton takes over Pentagon’s network defense headquarters and DISA

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On the same day U.S. Cyber Command’s network defense headquarters became fully operational, Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton assumed command of the Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) and became director of of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn retired this week as director of DISA. Norton’s command began at a ceremony Fort Meade in Maryland, the home of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency and DISA among other agencies. “I look at this audience and I think to myself, ‘Man, if you are doing anything in [information technology], networks, cyber … you are here today,” Adm. Mike Rogers, director of the NSA and Cyber Command, said at the opening of the ceremony. Norton reports directly to Rogers. Rogers will retire this spring after a tumultuous four year command. Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, currently the head of U.S. Army Cyber Command, is expected to […]

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Pentagon’s network defense headquarters is fully operational

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U.S. Cyber Command’s network defense headquarters is fully operational, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network (also known as JFHQ-DoDIN) has been building since 2014 when it aimed to have around 219 staff for full operations. It now defends about 15,000 networks with 3 million users. The organization is meant to command and control Pentagon network operations worldwide. If that sounds like a massively broad mission, here are two slides from a Pentagon presentation defining the organization: JFHQ-DoDIN reached initial operating capacity in January 2015 when it gained authority over the 39 military organizations it works with, including all combatant commands, all defense agencies and field activities as well as service cyber components. In November, the U.S. Army and Navy announced their Cyber Mission Force teams were fully operational a year ahead of the deadline imposed by the Pentagon. The rest of the teams, totaling 133, are […]

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U.S. Cyber Command’s network defense headquarters is fully operational, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network (also known as JFHQ-DoDIN) has been building since 2014 when it aimed to have around 219 staff for full operations. It now defends about 15,000 networks with 3 million users. The organization is meant to command and control Pentagon network operations worldwide. If that sounds like a massively broad mission, here are two slides from a Pentagon presentation defining the organization: JFHQ-DoDIN reached initial operating capacity in January 2015 when it gained authority over the 39 military organizations it works with, including all combatant commands, all defense agencies and field activities as well as service cyber components. In November, the U.S. Army and Navy announced their Cyber Mission Force teams were fully operational a year ahead of the deadline imposed by the Pentagon. The rest of the teams, totaling 133, are […]

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