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TRANSCOM Fighting Increasing Cyber Attacks

Julie Samuel

Friday, March 8th, 2013

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The Pentagon’s Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), a major target of cyberattacks, has refined its network and its dealings with private companies to fend off an increasing number of intrusions, its commander said. TRANSCOM appears to be the most-attacked U.S. military command, at least in part because of the volume of work it does with industry in an unclassified computing environment, Commander Air Force Gen. William Fraser told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday. The committee has been concerned about intrusions…

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