JRL NEWSWATCH: “NSA Forms Cybersecurity Directorate Under More Assertive U.S. Effort; Anne Neuberger, tapped as head, warns against ‘not engaging in the fight'” – Wall Street Journal/ Dustin Volz

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“[NSA] will create a cybersecurity directorate later this year as part of a wider effort to more closely align the agency’s offensive and defensive operations, U.S. officials said. Anne Neuberger has been tapped to lead the new directorate, slated to become operational Oct. 1. The creation of the directorate and selection of … Neuberger coincide with a broader fusion of the NSA’s offensive and defensive portfolios. … [an] integration … under way for several years … expanded under Gen. Paul Nakasone … [leading] the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command since May 2018. The Trump administration has sought to be more aggressive … NSA has adopted a strategy of persistent engagement in cyberspace against foreign adversaries including Russia, China and Iran. …”

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