Trump Raises US Cyber Command Status to Unified Combatant Command to Strengthen It

U.S. Cyber Command will be raised to the status of a unified combatant command, said President Donald Trump Friday in a statement and in a memo to the Defense Secretary James Mattis. The move is aimed at strengthening and streamlining cyberspace operations and providing more opportunities to improve defense, Trump said. He directed Mattis to provide a recommendation and possible plan about the "future command relationship" between Cyber Command and the NSA, potentially separating them. During the campaign, Trump promised to improve the command (see 1610030025).