NSA chief: 1,000 new jobs coming to San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO (MCT) The director of the National Security Agency said Thursday that San Antonio could expect as many as 1,000 additional personnel working on the Defense Department's ongoing cybersecurity mission over the next three years.

San Antonio is very important to the future of cyber within the Department of Defense, Adm. Michael Rogers, who's also commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, said during a Cybersecurity Summit hosted by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. You are going to see a larger footprint coming to San Antonio.

The military has quietly grown its cybersecurity mission in San Antonio.

The 24th Air Force at Port San Antonio, which is responsible for safeguarding key components of the Defense Department's information networks, now employs more than 1,300 people here.

Electronic warfare and other operations now are the charge of the 25th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The NSA has stealthily transformed a former Sony chip fabrication plant on the Northwest Side into an intelligence hub with a 94,000-square-foot data center.

It's not clear where the new employees will be working.

Rogers said the military was growing a dedicated cyber mission force of about 6,200 people, and that San Antonio would get a good segment.

We have made the decision that San Antonio both the Air Force side ... (and) the investments we've made at NSA Texas these are foundational to the future and we're going to keep working.

Rogers said the military recognized that staying ahead of global threats would involve partnerships with private-sector contractors, which San Antonio officials are hoping to grow.

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NSA chief: 1,000 new jobs coming to San Antonio