\u201cIn the Marine Corps, they say that every Marine is a rifleman. I say that everyone in the [Department of Defense] is a cyberwarrior,\u201d Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, director of DISA and commander of Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks, said during a keynote at CyberCon 2018, hosted by Fifth Domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking Nov. 1 in Pentagon City, Virginia, Norton explained that the nature of cybersecurity today means every person is an attack vector, a vulnerability and the best line of defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tactics such as phishing emails remain an issue, with people continuing to fall for them, so the actions of everyone \u2014 senior leaders to each and every user across the DoDIN \u2014 matter and can cause potential failures,” Norton continued. While they may not be catastrophic failures but rather small holes, she said every one of those holes is a potential breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Norton also explained that malicious actors try to access DoD networks through partners and industrial base networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re relying on those networks for part of our data and part of our operations and yet they\u2019re incredibly vulnerable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To highlight this contentious threat environment, Norton said DISA prevents about 1 billion cyber operations targeting the DoDIN each month with sensors triggering more than 300 million alarms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can see it really is a battlefield,\u201d she said, hearkening to the theme of CyberCon that cyber is not just an IT problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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