Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, March 27, 2012: testimony of General Keith B. Alexander, USA Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
“The Fiscal Year 2013 Presidents Budget for Cyber Command provides $182 million dollars and 937 personnel to perform our global mission. As demand to develop and integrate capabilities into cyber planning and operations continues to grow, we continue to work with the Department to shape our resource requirements and workforce to provide the necessary level of effort against growing mission sets and threats…The United States relies on access to cyberspace for its national and economic security…cyberspace is becoming more dangerous. The Intelligence Communitys world-wide threat brief to Congress in January raised cyber threats to just behind terrorism and proliferation in its list of the biggest challenges facing our nation…Out of necessity, more and more of the time and resources that every American spends on-line are being consumed by tasks to secure data, encrypt drives, create (and remember) passwords and keys, and repeatedly check for vulnerabilities, updates, and patches. Americans have digitized and networked more of their businesses, activities, and their personal lives, and with good reason they worry more about their privacy and the integrity of their data. So has our military.”
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