https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2020/07/30/pentagon-needs-access-to-defense-companies-networks-to-hunt-cyberthreats-says-commission/
By Mark Pomerleau
C4ISRNET.com
July 30, 2020
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon must be able to hunt cyberthreats on the
private networks of defense companies in order to strengthen national
cybersecurity, according to one of the leaders of the Cyber Solarium
Commission.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who co-chairs the commission, said in
testimony before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and
Emerging Threats and Capabilities that there must be greater visibility of
these networks, in which much sensitive and classified information is
kept.
“I think one of our biggest findings in the report was that while we are
getting a better awareness of our own systems, we still — down to the
level of some of our DoD contractors, subcontractors, all the small
companies that work with the big defense primes — don’t have the level of
visibility on the threat picture and the security of their networks that
we need,” he said July 30.
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