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Especially when it comes to defending the private sector?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a missile hit a private company, there is no question what the protocols would be. However, cyberspace offers a different paradigm, leading retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the former National Security Agency director and U.S. Cyber Command commander, to say \u201cour approach to defending our country in cyberspace is not where it needs to be. It\u2019s broken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1_tSkoIJBJk&#038;t=2399s\">appearance at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute<\/a> July 18, Alexander outlined his vision for defending the nation in cyberspace, noting that the gist of this plan is what he briefed to President Trump during a recent meeting on securing the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander explained that most agree the government and private sector own this responsibility; however, for the private sector, if they can\u2019t see what or who is attacking them, they can\u2019t ask for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf a nation state were to throw a missile into Sony it would be Northern Command\u2019s responsibility to stop that missile because Northern Command can see the missile coming in. NORAD would see it, they would work and shoot down that missile, hopefully. That\u2019s a military response,\u201d he said. \u201cIn cyber, the issue is how do you create the rules of engagement that go at network speed? Remember shooting down a missile you got 25-30 minutes \u2026 In cyber it can go around the world [in] 134 milliseconds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules of engagement have to go with the people defending, he said. \u201cRight now industry can\u2019t show the government what\u2019s attacking them. So, if you take &#8230; when Sony\u2019s being attacked, Sony doesn\u2019t know it\u2019s being attacked, it\u2019s being attacked by a nation state and by the time Sony understands it, it\u2019s all over,\u201d Alexander continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previous administration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/home\/2016\/09\/12\/how-the-us-responds-to-cyber-incidents\/\">established a framework<\/a> for civilian defense under Presidential Policy Directive 41, outlining the government\u2019s response to cyber incidents affecting both the private and public sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/home\/2016\/09\/12\/how-the-us-responds-to-cyber-incidents\/\"><i>How the US responds to cyber incidents<\/i><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these processes outlined, which essentially define a set of so-called whole-of-government efforts aimed at deterring malicious actions and responding to incidents, Alexander went a step further discussing how incidents can be prevented and intervened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s now change that whole framework and say for a company or a set of companies and sectors, what if they were able to push up data \u2014 think of it as dialing 9-1-1 but at network speed \u2014 when they\u2019re being attacked,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that has to go to the right government agencies, in this case the Defense Department, in my opinion. And the Defense Department should have a set of rules of engagement \u2014 they say it\u2019s coming from North Korea and they know what then to do to stop it. And it should be practiced and rehearsed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyber Command\u2019s annual Cyber Guard exercise, in part, seeks to game out how DoD, in conjunction with other federal and private sector partners, will respond to a national cyber incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyber Command, Alexander said, is the only government organization with offensive authority and capability that can counterattack. NSA can provide reconnaissance and maybe covert capabilities, if that\u2019s the direction the president decides to go, while the Department of Homeland Security would have the responsibility to keep the affected sector operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyber Command could offer its cyber protection teams, essentially quick reaction forces that intervene following incidents to get networks back up and running. \u201cSend them or help them virtually help keep that sector up,\u201d Alexander said. These teams were sent in after the email hack of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and White House a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander explained that his recommendation to the president was to allow Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to come up with the division of effort in the event of a cyber incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCyber Command has the only offensive force. There are no shooters in DHS. Period,\u201d he said. \u201cSo if you want to stop someone from attacking you, DHS can do incident response \u2026 that means the National Transportation Safety Board, clean up after the plane crashes, it doesn\u2019t stop it. We want to stop this from happening. And what DHS would do is set standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others have proposed a \u201chack back\u201d solution that affords limited authorities to private companies to be able to go into gray space \u2014 or the natural internet space \u2014 to retrieve stolen data from cyber thieves. The thinking is that there are so many incidents that move so fast the government is too overworked to respond to every one. Detractors of this policy note that it could become a slippery slope making cyberspace \u2014 what some already refer to as the wild west \u2014 even more chaotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI see [threats and risk within the private sector] every single day, I saw it in my time at the bureau and I see that now, but that is the battlefield; we\u2019ve got civilians, citizens who are literally fighting nation-states day in and day out,\u201d CrowdStrike President and former FBI agent Shawn Henry said in 2016 at the Intelligence and National Security Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwenty-eight-[year-olds], 32-year-olds who have no war training to fight and sustain an attack by a nation-state adversary \u2014 yet that\u2019s what they\u2019re being asked to do because in our current role, while the government brings great value and great benefit to help to deter our adversary, the reality of it is we are not sitting in the ISPs filtering out all the traffic. Therefore, all the malicious code, all the adversary\u2019s capabilities are being brought to bear in the private sector, and often times that\u2019s the first line of defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/2016\/09\/12\/does-best-intel-come-from-public-or-private-sector\/\"><i>Does the best intel come from public or private sector?<\/i><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Cyber Iron Dome<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander also described what he called an \u201ciron dome\u201d for the energy sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe energy sector, if they\u2019re attacked, how do we see it? Several of the energy companies are working with us now to now create what we\u2019ll call an \u2018iron dome\u2019 \u2014 so think of this as these big companies they\u2019re going to all instrument their network so that when they\u2019re being attacked it can be visible and you can see what\u2019s attacking our energy sector,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of that is criminal \u2026 but you would be able to see it with the intent \u2014 if you can see it amongst the companies in the energy sector they can share it with the government at the same speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, Alexander said, is truly a comprehensive cybersecurity solution allowing sectors and the government to work together for a comprehensive common defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Gen. 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