Transportation Command, the functional combatant command responsible for global military logistics and transportation, is the difference between being a super power and a great power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Referencing the words of the former deputy secretary of defense during a keynote presentation at DoDIIS 2017 August 14 in St. Louis, Gen. Darren McDew, TRANSCOM\u2019s commander, said that the difference between a super power and a great power is a super power can have influence of the near abroad of another great power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why what we do is so important in the cyber realm,\u201d McDew said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With responsibility for the entire planet, transcending geographic boundaries and working hard to maintain the perspectives and the authorities to benefit the entire joint force, McDew said 90 percent of military logistics and global movement are coordinated on unclassified commercial networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIgnoring cyber is not an option for us,\u201d he said. \u201cCyber for us is mission critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyber leads to mission assurance and isn\u2019t just about protecting the network, it is about protecting data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McDew noted how potential adversaries don\u2019t even have to really stop TRANSCOM or him; they just have to slow him down. \u201cAnd they can slow me down the best by introducing doubts in the system,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they put doubt in my head, I\u2019ll slow the entire system down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does trust look like once it\u2019s been violated, he asked. What does veracity look like once doubt is sown and how does one know when they have it? \u201cMany times you don\u2019t know when you\u2019ve lost it, let alone when you can get it back,\u201d McDew added. \u201cThat\u2019s why cyber remains one of our top four strategic priorities in U.S. Transportation Command.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McDew explained how, in previous years, TRANSCOM\u2019s IT budget was cut, noting that the command was viewing cyber through the lens of IT and not a domain of warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImagine if we had back then reinvested a little bit of that in cyber,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now we\u2019re scrambling mightily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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