“The massive contract would cover more than 20 task areas and would build out one of the divisions of the Pentagon’s fledgling cyber branch.
The emerging Pentagon division that coordinates military cybersecurity and cyberattacks is asking private contractors to help finish standing up the Cyber Command. Among the tasks to be assigned under a request for proposals issued Thursday are support for eavesdropping to detect threats and assistance with repelling hacks equivalent to an armed attack against the nation.”
Source: CYBERCOM To Outsource $475 Million of Work To Stand Up Command – Defense One