CyberCom is Seeking Real-Time Situational Awareness to Defend Military Network Attacks

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U.S. Cyber Command, a subdivision of U.S. Strategic Command launched last month to help shield the Defense Department against cyberattacks, has a big job in the months ahead. The command has to protect the entirety of the military's
computer systems, which consists of more than 7 million machines, 15,000
networks, 21 satellite gateways and 20,000 commercial circuits. Unauthorized users probe these systems over 6 million times a day. And now Army Gen. Keith Alexander, CyberCom's chief and...