"The new state of conflict is a yet-to-be-fully-conceived blend of strategic weapons, tactical operations, and dominance in information warfare," writes former DoD Chief Data Officer David Spirk. "And a new warfighting paradigm is needed to be competitive."
"We view cybersecurity as a compliance problem. And it is most definitely not a compliance problem," Navy Chief Information Officer Aaron Weis said, arguing the service must shift to a "readiness" focus.
US investments, from scout robots to anti-drone and anti-missile defenses, look remarkably smart after Russian forces ran into repeated ambushes in Ukraine.
“We’re still in the relatively early days even though this has been several weeks now,” Chris Painter said. “It could well be that Russia is holding those capabilities in the reserve and haven’t used them yet.”