{"id":24163,"date":"2018-02-27T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/27\/senators-cyber-command-should-disrupt-russian-influence-campaigns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:15:20","slug":"senators-cyber-command-should-disrupt-russian-influence-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/02\/27\/senators-cyber-command-should-disrupt-russian-influence-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators: Cyber Command should disrupt Russian influence campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since the Russian influence campaign in the 2016 presidential election<\/a>, members of Congress have been at pains to get a singular answer from the executive branch agencies: how can the United States combat future efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senators tried to get an answer again Feb. 27 during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that focused on U.S. Cyber Command. Cyber Command primarily protects DoD networks and generates cyber effects for military commanders around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members grilled Adm. Michael Rogers, who leads Cyber Command, on what his organization can do to prevent such interference at its source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Cyber Command\u2019s primary missions is \u201cto defend the United States against cyber threats to U.S. interests and infrastructure.\u201d Within this role, Cyber Command has the Cyber National Mission Force, which are teams designed to protect the nation from cyber attacks of significant consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National mission teams, aligned to the CNMF, are made up of 64 individuals and are typically aligned to a malicious cyber actor, meaning they are often in \u201cred space.\u201d This allows them to get a feel of the state actors they\u2019re aligned to and get indications of warning before they act to allow other forces to set up their defenses. These teams are also posturing themselves to hold that threat at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\t