Defense contractor EADS plans to add 50 to 75 jobs - San Anto...

EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions Inc. will be looking to fill between 50 and 75 positions over the next year as the company gears up to provide support services for the new cyber command, according to the company’s chairman and CEO Johnnie Hernandez.

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Hernandez says the cyber command will be focused on defending the nation’s networks from threats, while the NSA facility will focus on launching attacks.

“We have the full package in San Antonio,” Hernandez says.

The 24th Air Force command is slated to have up to a $1 billion budget and create up to 400 military and civilian jobs. It will have an annual payroll of $40 million to $45 million.

Hernandez says the importance of cyber defense is growing as the country becomes increasingly dependent on technology.

“The United States is the most technologically advanced country in the world,” he says. “But we still have adversaries who try to break into our networks everyday.” Hernandez says there are an estimated 20,000 cyber attacks against government networks every week.

“We don’t have enough trained people to mitigate all of these attacks,” Hernandez says. “We need to keep moving forward and this is a step in the right direction.”

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