The thin line between military and civilian cyber defense

How will military and civilian cyber response teams collaborate in the event of a cyberattack on U.S. critical infrastructure?

It’s not clear yet, but the maturing U.S. Cyber Command does not currently entertain ideas of going it alone in defense of critical infrastructure.

“In every case that we currently imagine, we would do that in support of another government agency,” said Lt. Gen. James “Kevin” McLaughlin, the command’s deputy, at an Oct. 9 cybersecurity forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

McLaughlin said there is a “broad framework” in place for determining the threshold at which his command will aid DHS in response to a cyberattack, adding that attacks that cause loss of life certainly qualify. The annual Cyber Guard exercise is an opportunity to tease out these legal and policy questions, he said. For the full article click here 

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