Rudd orders Cyber Command reviews as Pentagon presses reform agenda
Army Gen. Joshua Rudd, who took the twin-leadership reins of Cyber Command and the NSA in March, recently tapped MITRE to conduct a potentially wide-ranging review into the organization, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The newly-installed head of U.S. Cyber Command has commissioned a pair of studies, including one by a major outside research organization, to examine how the military’s digital warfare arm might better modernize.
Army Gen. Joshua Rudd, who took the twin-leadership reins of Cyber Command and the NSA in March, recently tapped MITRE to conduct a potentially wide-ranging review into the organization, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The evaluation, the parameters of which are undefined, will most likely scrutinize Cyber Command’s acquisition model and could examine the so-called “service like authorities” granted by Congress that allow it to manage and equip personnel without being an independent military branch, said a command official.
Source: https://therecord.media/rudd-orders-cyber-command-reviews-as-pentagon-presses-reform-agenda
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