Adm. Mike Mullen: Cyber Command should be empowered to go on offensive
The push to allow Cyber Command to go on the offensive is welcomed by former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, adding that nation-states that have targeted the U.S. need to pay a “fairly significant price” for their actions. “I’ve thought for some time we were going to have to go on offense,” Mullen told CyberScoop. “Our training says until the enemy starts to pay a price, it pretty much has an open runway. I think that line has to be drawn, and we have to respond, and they need to pay a fairly significant price for what they’re doing.” Mullen said he is comfortable with U.S. Cyber Command taking on these offensive measures as part of its rise to a unified combatant command. The unit was officially given that distinction in May. His comments come as he assumes the chair position at the newly formed […]
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