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SASC Members Push TRANSCOM Leader for More Cybersecurity Efforts

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

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SASC Members Push TRANSCOM Leader for More Cybersecurity Efforts

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) expressed concern during a March 5 hearing over the cybersecurity of U.S. Transportation Command’s industry partners. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) asked new TRANSCOM Commander Army Gen. Stephen Lyons to consider performing “red team” exercises to identify security flaws in the systems of the command’s transportation and logistics partners. “I would urge you to consider that as an option. … It has a way of waking people up when a skull and crossbones…

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