{"id":16019,"date":"2019-04-05T21:37:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/05\/what-happens-if-hackers-target-an-army-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:58:48","slug":"what-happens-if-hackers-target-an-army-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/04\/05\/what-happens-if-hackers-target-an-army-base\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if hackers target an Army base?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Defense\u2019s cyber teams have typically defended IP-based networks, but now leaders are requiring a sharper focus on other networks that power installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army Cyber Command recently reorganized its list of priorities for some of its cyber protection teams. Defending industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition, known as SCADA, is one of the organization\u2019s five priorities for defensive cyber operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, the Army wants its high-end cyber teams \u2014 that focus on threat actors, defending and incident response \u2014 to better protect all the utilities that support military installations from cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t