In a speech at Stanford University on April 23, recently-confirmed US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the release of a new DOD strategy for defending the United States in "cyberspace." He also called on the technology industry to work more closely with the DOD to help make the Internet safer and defend against future cyber-threats. And, in an effort to capture some of the culture of Silicon Valley within DOD, he announced the creation of a new organization within the military: Defense Innovation Unit X.
In case you were wondering, the "X" stands for "experimental."
Carter said that Defense Innovation Unit X would be located in Silicon Valley to act as "a local interface node" between DOD and the technology industry.
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