Military CyberCommand Chief Confirmed by Senate

US Cyber Command has their first CINC.

Gen. Keith Alexander will head the U.S. Cyber Command, created to protect U.S. military networks from cyberattacks.

After a weeks-long delay to have questions answered about the Department of Defense's cybersecurity role, the Senate Friday unanimously confirmed National Security Agency director Keith Alexander as head of a new DoD command tasked with defending military networks from cyber attacks.
When it becomes fully operational in October, the U.S. Cyber Command will be headquartered at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland alongside NSA, and will report through the U.S. Strategic Command. Cyber Command will absorb two of the organizations currently leading much of the military's cyber-defense capabilities -- the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare and the Joint Task Force for Network Operations.

Some final details of Cyber Command remain to be worked out, such as force size, which is currently being analyzed in a study due to be finished by the end of the summer.
"The Department of Defense requires a focused approach to secure its own networks, given our military's dependence on them for command and control, logistics, and military operations," Alexander said at his confirmation hearing last month. "If confirmed, my main focus will be on building the capacity, the capability, and the critical partnerships required to secure our military's operational networks."

We'd give you a link to the STRATCOM site with the details, but STRATCOM is offline right now. Anyone else see the humor in this?

By: Brant