https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2020/08/10/us-cyber-command-is-using-unclassified-networks-to-fight-election-interference/
By Mark Pomerleau
C4ISRNET.com
08/10/2020
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Cyber Command is using unclassified networks and
publicly available communication platforms as it works to prevent foreign
interference in the next presidential election, a CYBERCOM official has
revealed.
“From a CYBERCOM standpoint, one of the big changes for us is we
historically had been focused working inside [sensitive compartmented
information facilities] SCIFs. One of the things we’ve done in support of
2020 is we have organizations now that live outside SCIFs,” Brig. Gen.
William Hartman, the head of of U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National
Mission Force, said during an Aug. 7 virtual panel hosted by DEFCON.
Hartman said forces are now working on unclassified networks, Slack
channels and other platforms to communicate with the FBI, the Department
of Homeland Security and private industry.
“We have really tried to adapt some of our behavior so we’re able to, in
real time, collaborate with our partners across government on a little
different timescale than a traditional military one because I know most of
you are probably not up at 5:30 in the morning,” he said.
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