Volume 4
‘Gloves Are Off’ in Cyber (DISA) – See Video
By DISA News – April 21, 2016
May 2016 Edition
Still image from ‘DISA and JFHQ
Side-by-Side’ Video
When it comes to cyber, the gloves are off, said Army LTG Alan R. Lynn,
director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN), at the Armed Forces Communications
and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in
the District of Columbia April 20.
“In cyber, it used to be almost like an intel game — a gentlemanly sport, if
you will. People would try to break into your network, real easy, real slow,
real quiet; then they’d sit still and watch. Then they’d move a little, maybe
take some information, and leave.”
Those days are gone, he said.
“[The enemy is] kicking in the doors. It’s loud and it’s fast. It’s snatch and
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