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U.S. Cyber Command — Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook

After the implementation team delivered its report detailing how Cyber Command aims to modernize, Pentagon leadership asked the command for a redo.

May 20, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: The U.S. Capitol building is seen on April 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the House of the Representatives and the U.S. Senate returned to Washington after a two week recess. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA

Severing the dual-hat leadership arrangement has been one of the most hotly contested issues in cyber policy.

May 16, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Firing of top cyber general ‘sets back’ US military and intel operations, makes America ‘less safe,’ lawmakers of both parties say

There was bipartisan criticism Friday of the Trump administration's decision to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh as head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA.

Apr 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Holistic examination of the next iteration of US Cyber Command underway

Officials are conducting a top-to-bottom review with an eye toward Cybercom 2.0.

Jan 31, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman, commander of the Cyber National Mission Force, speaks with U.S. and Israeli participants in exercise Cyber Dome VII at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Ga., Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo by Maj. Lindsay Roman)

Cyber National Mission Force Commander Maj. Gen. William Hartman nominated as deputy at Cybercom

Hartman would take over for Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who was recently nominated to lead Cybercom.

Jun 1, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

(Photo by Jon Dasbach, U.S. Cyber Command)

Cyber Command creates forum with industry to share threat information

Cyber Command's Under Advisement program allows members of the cyber national mission force to chat with the private sector to exchange threat data.

May 5, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau