{"id":34661,"date":"2018-10-09T20:17:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/09\/network-defense-is-an-always-on-kind-of-warfare\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:52:35","slug":"network-defense-is-an-always-on-kind-of-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/10\/09\/network-defense-is-an-always-on-kind-of-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Network defense is an always-on kind of warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In cyberspace there is no sanctuary. This means network defenders must maintain a mentality of constant conflict, according to the military\u2019s top cyber official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur Army must continue this idea of operating a wartime mindset while being able to fight the network fight,\u201d Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, said during a panel discussion at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur DoD Information Network facilitates everything that we do in terms of our military capabilities. This ability to continue to operate, to continue to maintain, to have a measure of resiliency is critically important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army leaders have pointed out how the United States and the military could once take solace in being physically separated from substantial threats, but this is no longer the case in the network battle, which has a global reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\t