Rounds: Senate cyber subcommittee to focus on foreign capabilities

Federal Times: WASHINGTON — The new Senate subcommittee charged with oversight of military’s role in cyberspace announced it will hold a hearing on cyber-enabled information operations, which Russia is alleged to have employed during the 2016 U.S. elections.

Former NSA Deputy Director John Inglis and former acting Under Secretary Of Defense for Policy Michael Lumpkin are set to testify with other outside experts.

Defense News interviewed Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chair Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., who said his first priority for the new panel is simply getting a lay of the land. Beyond that beyond, he aims to press the administration to complete work on U.S. policy that would define an act of war in cyberspace.

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