The Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command discussed the shift in focus from tangible hardware to the expansion of cyberspace during the Air Force Association Cyber Futures Symposium and Convention at Oxon Hill, Md. April 1.
Lt. Gen. Michael Basla described cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum as the military’s growing common link connecting all domains: land, air, sea and space.
“Not long ago when we spoke of the cyberspace domain, the focus was on the terrestrial networks and the backbone hardware,” General Basla said. “We talked about servers, routers, cable, fiber; things we can see and touch. But today the backbone has increasingly expanded … and cyberspace has expanded with it.”
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