{"id":20478,"date":"2020-07-30T20:24:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/30\/pentagon-needs-access-to-defense-companies-networks-to-hunt-cyberthreats-says-commission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:15:00","slug":"pentagon-needs-access-to-defense-companies-networks-to-hunt-cyberthreats-says-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2020\/07\/30\/pentagon-needs-access-to-defense-companies-networks-to-hunt-cyberthreats-says-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon needs access to defense companies\u2019 networks to hunt cyberthreats, says commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think one of our biggest findings in the report was that while we are getting a better awareness of our own systems, we still \u2014 down to the level of some of our DoD contractors, subcontractors, all the small companies that work with the big defense primes \u2014 don\u2019t have the level of visibility on the threat picture and the security of their networks that we need,\u201d he said July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just would argue that we need to figure that piece out because we just can\u2019t be in the process of reacting to cyber intrusions after the fact. We have to identify those threats at a quicker timeline at which our adversaries can break out on networks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t