{"id":32848,"date":"2024-05-31T17:12:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/31\/breaking-down-barriers-to-tackle-cyber-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:37","slug":"breaking-down-barriers-to-tackle-cyber-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/2024\/05\/31\/breaking-down-barriers-to-tackle-cyber-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down barriers to tackle cyber threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the U.S. faces China\u2019s unprecedented military buildup, conflicts involving our partners in two theaters, and resurgent terror threats, it is clear that the world today is more dangerous than most Americans have experienced in their lifetimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, as the U.S. Department of Defense pursues modernization programs to retain our competitive edge, we cannot afford to forget about vulnerabilities to the systems that the American people use every day. The cyber domain could make the difference between victory and defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense and Homeland Security, I have a multifaceted view of the threats we face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is undoubtedly a DoD interest in the cyber security of our critical infrastructure \u2014 the expertise and readiness of our service members and their equipment can be undermined in the blink of an eye if their installations lose access to power or water while attempting to deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint advisory<\/a>that Chinese state sponsored cyber actors are pre-positioning themselves on U.S. networks to conduct destructive cyber attacks against our critical infrastructure in the event of a global crisis or conflict. According to their report, the Chinese state-sponsored group Volt Typhoon had persistent access to some U.S. critical infrastructure for up to five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t