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Timothy Haugh said in testimony submitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/20242.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Armed Services Committee<\/a> on April 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnhancing the security of government, private sector and critical infrastructure systems grows ever more imperative,\u201d said Haugh, who took the helm at CYBERCOM and NSA in February. \u201cForeign adversaries continuously update how they operate, and frequently work through American-owned networks and devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunt-forward missions are executed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2023\/03\/23\/us-sent-hunt-forward-team-to-albania-in-wake-of-iranian-cyberattacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">invitation of a foreign government<\/a> and are not always disclosed. They\u2019re part of CYBERCOM\u2019s persistent engagement strategy \u2014 a means of being in constant contact with adversaries and ensuring proactive, not reactive, moves are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5722\" height=\"3820\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the deputy commander of Cyber Command, speaks Sept. 12, 2023, at National Harbor, Maryland.\" class=\"wp-image-113176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg 5722w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Haugh.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5722px) 100vw, 5722px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh speaks Sept. 12, 2023, at a conference in National Harbor, Md. (Colin Demarest\/C4ISRNET)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haugh\u2019s disclosure offers a rare look at the CNMF workload, which is often nebulous, as some countries prefer to keep quiet the digital cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission force has in the past worked with Ukraine, ahead of Russia\u2019s invasion; Albania, on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2023\/03\/23\/us-sent-hunt-forward-team-to-albania-in-wake-of-iranian-cyberattacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian cyberattacks<\/a>; and Latvia, where malware was unearthed. Other previous deployments included Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden said in late March that he\u2019ll tap Michael Sulmeyer, the U.S. Army\u2019s principal cyber adviser, to be the Department of Defense\u2019s inaugural cyber policy chief. The role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2023\/03\/31\/pentagon-cyber-policy-post-may-stay-unfilled-during-review\/\">assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy<\/a> was established by the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department sought $14.5 billion for cyber activities in fiscal 2025. The figure is about $1 billion more than the Biden administration\u2019s previous ask. It is also up from FY23, when it sought $11.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe work every day against capable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2023\/09\/12\/china-russia-will-use-cyber-to-sow-chaos-if-war-starts-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">determined cyber actors<\/a>, many of them serving adversary military and intelligence services,\u201d Haugh said. \u201cOur operational experience reinforces the importance of campaigning globally in and through cyberspace across the conditions of competition, crisis and armed conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnhancing the security of government, private sector and critical infrastructure systems grows ever more imperative,\u201d said Air Force Gen. 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