Lolita Baldor writes the department will increase the number of Cyber Command professionals to 6,000 over the next two years.
âWe will sustain our investments in intelligence â because it is one of our most important national assets; because it keeps our troops a step ahead on the battlefield; and because America depends on it,â Hagel said, according to the report.
Hagel discussed the plan during a speech at the retirement ceremony for outgoing U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency leader Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general.