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‘Be careful what you wish for:’ DoD official warns separate cyber force could pose new challenges

September 15, 2023

Jaspreet Gill

Breaking Defense

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang speaks during Cybercon, virtually, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

 

By Jaspreet Gill, Breaking Defense / September 15, 2023

While the Pentagon studies the pros and cons of standing up a Space Force-like independent cyber military service, one official today warned that it could potentially pose new challenges for the department when it comes to understanding warfighting needs within the military services. 

“I think the question is that for people who think the cyber service is the answer to our…current challenges in cyber personnel management: be careful what you wish for,” Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said today at a Defense Writers Group event. “A cyber service might have some benefits in ease of administrative management, but we have a variety of…military services in the Department of Defense who perform a variety of missions.”

Read the rest of the article here: breakingdefense.com/2023/09/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-dod-official-warns-separate-cyber-force-could-pose-new-challenges/

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