Cybersecurity

TRANSCOM chief calls on Congress for national cybersecurity standard

A year ago, U.S. Transportation Command chief Gen. Darren McDew warned Congress that the government needed to bridge the cybersecurity gap with the civilian world.

This year he doubled down on that message, advocating for a national cybersecurity standard to set a “low water mark” for what the nation will endure.

A cybersecurity standard would set minimum guidelines, best practices and standards companies must follow to work with the government or to do business in general. The Defense Department follows the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cyber framework as its standard.

Last year, TRANSCOM ran two exercises: One explored how TRANSCOM would operate if the U.S. was not able to operate fully in the sky or sea; the other was to see how TRANSCOM would run in a cyber-contested environment.