Cyber Command: We don't wanna defend the net (We just have to)

Members of the military's new Cyber Command insist that they've got no interest in taking over civilian Internet security - or even in becoming the Pentagon's primary information protectors. But the push to intertwine military and civilian network defenses is gaining momentum, nevertheless. At a gathering this week of top cybersecurity officials and defense contractors, the Pentagon's number two floated the idea that the Defense Department might start a protective program for civilian networks, based on a deeply controversial effort to keep hackers out of the government's pipes.

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