By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International
With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technology for the warfighter. Additionally, the Department of Defense’s research divisions, such as the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency and the several innovation centers within the uniformed services, have established future pipelines.
The complexity of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and their ramifications for U.S. national security have significantly expanded in the last few years due to a difficult geopolitical environment and changing technologies. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more aggressive state actors using hybrid warfare are now a prominent feature of the global cyber threat landscape. Critical infrastructure and the crisis in Ukraine are not the only areas where cyber operations are expanding. Adversarial state actors and the hacking groups they sponsor have even targeted U.S….
