Pentagon needs access to defense companies' networks to hunt cyberthreats, says commission

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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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