Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply
Brief
The Pentagon’s top civilian cyber policy official said Tuesday her single priority is expanding the cyber options available to the president and the defense secretary, describing a gap between what commanders are asking for and what the force can deliver.
“I’m focused on one single priority, and that is building a more robust set of capabilities for the secretary and the president,” said Katie Sutton, assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, at DefenseTalks, hosted by DefenseScoop. “The demand far exceeds the supply we have.”
Sutton traced the department’s posture to 2018, when the military gained authorities to run cyber operations as a traditional military activity. “In those last eight years, we’ve learned a lot, but I feel like the last year has really been the year that cyber has sort of entered the limelight,” she said.