7 May 2022

CYBERCOM increasing intel collection in light of Russia-Ukraine conflict

JASPREET GILL

TECHNET CYBER 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given defense communities around the world the first real taste of what modern state-on-state warfare looks like, and everyone is looking for lessons learned — including US Cyber Command, according to its director of operations.

Speaking at the AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2022 conference, Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy said that as a result of what they’ve seen over the last two months, CYBERCOM is looking at vulnerabilities in its intelligence collecting activities.

“This is one of the lessons, as we looked at the Ukraine crisis and we’ve seen the open source reporting and understanding, having frank conversations about whether our SICR [specific intelligence collection requirement] is and the level of defenses that we have on it and the potential vulnerabilities that exist,” Kennedy said.

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