Pentagon official: Cyber Command and NSA may split infrastructure

Fifth Domain: A Department of Defense official said Nov. 1 that U.S. Cyber Command needs to have its own infrastructure and not lean as heavily on the National Security Agency for some cyber tools, a transition that may foreshadow an eventual split between the two dual-hatted agencies.

Cyber Command has operated on the NSA’s networks since its conception in 2009, but is in the process of building systems "by which we can do our own operations and not rely as heavily on the NSA infrastructure,” said Capt. Ed Devinney, director of corporate partnerships and technology outreach at Cyber Command.

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