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"They are surprised," Mr. Pinick said of colleagues at a cyber-defense contractor.
Ivy Leaguers Find Something New to Brag On: I Stopped the Linsanity Kevin Clark 2012
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Wheeler, known as "Jack" to friends and family, lived in New Castle and was a Pentagon consultant working on cyber-defense issues at MITRE Corp., in McLean, Va., when he was killed.
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DHS will send teams over to NSA to plan and synchronize cyber-defense, learn about acquisition and detection technologies, and coordinate on civil liberties protections.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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DHS will send teams over to NSA to plan and synchronize cyber-defense, learn about acquisition and detection technologies, and coordinate on civil liberties protections.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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DHS will send teams over to NSA to plan and synchronize cyber-defense, learn about acquisition and detection technologies, and coordinate on civil liberties protections.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, established in 2003 to coordinate national cyber-defense efforts, is an arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with "analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating cyber incident response activities."
The unreadiness team 2010
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Yet for years, U.S. presidents have treated cyber-defense like spinach, picking it up and then putting it down.
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Gewirtz says the U.S. is now focused on improving its cyber-defense, but it is an uphill battle because of the sheer number of vulnerabilities.
WikiLeaks Exploits Weaknesses in Technology, Human Nature 2010
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• U.S. eyes preemptive cyber-defense strategy: It's an aggressive approach to defending its computer systems that includes preemptive actions such as knocking out parts of an adversary's computer network overseas - but it is still wrestling with how to pursue the strategy legally.
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Yet for years, U.S. presidents have treated cyber-defense like spinach, picking it up and then putting it down.
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