Damballa discovered the botnet in March and has been tracking its communication with command-and-control servers around the world.

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The ship, the USS Mount Whitney, is the Navy's only Joint Command Ship and is considered to be the most sophisticated ship ever commissioned in terms of communication, control, command, computers and intelligence capabilities, according to the Navy's Web site.

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"The difference that we see in the state, local and federal response from what we saw in Katrina is developing that partnership, developing the communication, that unified command system we did not have, " Paulison said.

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Argon, founded in 1997, is involved in intelligence, cyber security, and C4ISR, which is essentially communication, but officially stands for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

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Nagin said he expects relief efforts in the city to improve as New Orleans, the National Guard and FEMA combine their command centers for better communication, followup and accountability.

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They were also known for having excellent command and control, and communication facilities, making them ideal flagships on deployments, with a complement of about 280 crew.

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"Time and time again communication is passed up the chain of command but when I was there it didn't change dramatically - the letters were sent off about the potential dangers, but things just stayed the same, " he added.

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Beaconing detection is the act of identifying the communication between an internal compromised host and its command and control server.

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