Trump’s Bigly Plan to Be Better at ‘the Cyber’

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After months of speculation, the Trump administration is moving forward with an Obama administration proposal to separate U.S. Cyber Command from the National Security Agency. Meanwhile, in his continued campaign to slash bureaucracy at the Department of State, Bloomberg reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is considering eliminating the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues. Will these changes create a structure that allows the United States to more effectively combat cyber threats while offensively gathering intelligence on key adversaries?