After three years of grueling internal debate, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs is poised to approve new rules empowering commanders to counter direct cyberattacks with offensive efforts of their own -- without White House approval. Once signed, the new cyber rules contained in the US military's new standing rules of engagement -- the classified legal document that outlines when, how and with what tools America will respond to an attack -- will mark a far more aggressive tack than envisioned when the process started in 2010, or even much more recently. To date, any cyber action requires the approval of the National Security Council.
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