"Congress has given the Defense Department explicit authority to launch offensive operations in cyberspace.
The provision included in the National Defense Authorization Act passed by lawmakers last week affirms that DoD has offensive cyber capabilities and that the department "may conduct offensive operations in cyberspace" when directed to do so by the president.
"This is a positive step, but there is nothing remarkable about it, and that's as it should be," said Kristin Lord, vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan national security think tank in Washington."
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