J4 Chief of Operations and Exercises at Special Operations Command Pacific with expertise in Operations Management
Non-kinetic threats from China continue to be a critical threat to the US as "Volt Typhone" expands and threatens to destroy and disrupt critical US infrastructure. In fact, Volt Typhoon as has already been used to infiltrate small companies in the US. Through Volt Typhoon China seeks to disrupt C2 nodes, satellite networks, and military logistics systems. Our ability to protect ourselves from the inside out against cyber warfare has never been more crucial.
Tim Ventura
11mo
Tanya, thank you for this post. Not familiar with “Volt Typhone”, is that a specific type of cyber-offensive?
Future facing thought leader and inter-organizational culture translator
11moIf one takes the assumption that the dominant form of firepower in future conflicts is in the shape of 0s and 1s - data, data transport, and sense making - an argument can be made that we are already in major combat operations. The underlying data that allows both humans and machines to make timely and well informed decisions is a major COG and has to be defended prior to use in physical domains. This is the time, before actions in the physical realms, to go after that COG - Volt Typoon attacks are a clear indicator that at least one actor sees the world this way.