{"id":15747,"date":"2019-10-09T20:28:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T20:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/09\/new-nsa-cyber-directorate-to-focus-on-industrial-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:53:31","slug":"new-nsa-cyber-directorate-to-focus-on-industrial-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/10\/09\/new-nsa-cyber-directorate-to-focus-on-industrial-base\/","title":{"rendered":"New NSA cyber directorate to focus on industrial base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the early tasks the National Security Agency\u2019s new cybersecurity directorate will have is helping to secure the defense industrial base and defense weapons systems, the agency\u2019s director said Oct. 9 at the FireEye Cyber Defense Summit in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Paul Nakasone, NSA director, said he gave the agency and the directorate, which opened last week, an initial task as it addresses the demanding challenge of preventing and eradicating cyberthreats to national security systems and critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/09\/05\/nsa-looks-to-up-its-game-in-cyber-defense\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1078726270.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">NSA looks to \u2018up its game\u2019 in cyber defense<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">NSA&#039;s new cybersecurity directorate seeks to provide private sector with better unclassified intelligence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must better protect our nation\u2019s advantage and the defense sector from intellectual property theft,\u201d he said. \u201cThis means working closely with the defense industries and those who provide cybersecurity solutions to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior national security officials have said the United States finds itself in a strategic competition against actors such as Russia and China, and these nations have sought to exfiltrate the data of defense contractors, especially smaller companies at the lowest levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Navy breaches \u2014 largely attributed to China \u2014 targeted contractors that were determined to have information that wasn\u2019t itself classified, but in aggregate disclosed sensitive capabilities. Adversaries have realized they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/2019\/07\/18\/is-industry-cyberinsecurity-dods-achilles-heel\/\" target=_blank>target small to medium-sized manufacturing companies with crippling cyberattacks<\/a> because, in many cases, these companies provide the Department of Defense with critical services but often are so small that they don\u2019t have the wherewithal to institute enough cyber defenses against intrusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2018 Department of Defense cyber strategy notes that the department \u201cmust be prepared to defend non-DoD-owned Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) networks and systems.\u201d The chief goal with respect to critical infrastructure is in \u201cmaintaining an ability to defend DCI to ensure the infrastructure\u2019s continued functionality and ability to support DoD objectives in a contested cyber environment,\u201d while the goal pertaining to the DIB is ensuring it is protected to avoid sensitive systems exposure resulting in the erosion of any potential advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DoD is already working on a tiered cybersecurity framework, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, contractors will have to abide by depending on the sensitivity of systems they\u2019re charged with protecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/10\/08\/small-businesses-main-focus-of-new-cybersecurity-rules\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635888885745931747-2254253jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Small businesses main focus of new cybersecurity rules<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Forthcoming cybersecurity controls are designed to help the Department of Defense and small business work together to protect sensitive data based on tiers of systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where NSA can help, Nakasone said, is offering its assistance in keys, codes and cryptographic materials that secure sensitive government data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe new cybersecurity directorate will improve this aspect of NSA\u2019s unique mission with a threat-driven, forward-looking mindset. 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