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In slides, he said cybersecurity is \u201cfoundational to business with DoD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that should be uncompromising,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s less about a threat and more about, I call it, good hygiene. In institutions or companies where you have that level of discipline where I grew up in, you\u2019re uncompromising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan also suggested that those who blanch to such hard-line tactics may not be viewed kindly by history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy preference would be to drop the safe or come down hard because we should,\u201d he said. \u201cRemember all those long debates over smoking? \u2018Oh, everyone\u2019s going to be upset when we take away smoking.\u2019 It\u2019s the same thing. We need to have the same intolerance on cyber. There\u2019s basic pieces we need to correct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan said his comments were not based on a specific cyber incident, but rather a philosophy of \u201cwho you are, how you grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan was previously an executive at Boeing for more than 30 years. Last month, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis directed a DoD-wide review of fitness app use policies following news that an app used by troops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2018\/01\/28\/how-a-popular-running-app-could-jeopardize-military-secrets\/\">revealed sensitive military information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Shanahan said, he stopped wearing a FitBit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But since becoming the No. 2 at the Pentagon, Shanahan said he\u2019s noted a different approach to security from the one he witnessed in industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I look at the processes, there\u2019s a lot of room to improve that,\u201d he said. \u201cIn areas of safety, protecting your workers, in terms of protecting our data or protecting their information, there should be this standard. 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