Pentagon deputy tech chief orders study on cyber battlespace, citing 'major shift'

Defense Department deputy technology chief David Honey is directing the Defense Science Board to conduct a study on "all facets of battlespace management" with regards to the cyber domain.

In a memo cleared for open publication Tuesday, Honey said cyberspace’s transition from an operational domain to a battlespace requiring an assigned commander signals a “major shift in how the [Defense Department] intends to treat cyber moving forward” and demands a deeper understanding of its relatively new context.

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