Hearing Key Points: "Interagency Cyber Cooperation: Roles, Responsibilities and Authorities of the Department of Defense & the Department of Homeland Security"

(Working Draft)

"Interagency Cyber Cooperation: Roles, Responsibilities and Authorities of the Department of Defense & the Department of Homeland Security"

Hearing held on November 14, 2018 before the:

U.S. House Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats

U.S. House Homeland Security Committee
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection


Witnesses:

Ms. Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Written Testimony Key Points:

• Intro
• Threat Assessment
• Joint DoD and DHS Cybersecurity Efforts
• Cybersecurity Priorities
• In May of this year DHS published a Cybersecurity Strategy
• In September the President released the National Cyber Strategy
• Last year President signed Executive Order (EO) 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
• Under EO 13800, DHS and DOE, in consultation with ODNI, assessed potential impact and response readiness for a power outage associated with a significant cyber incident
• Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity Responsibilities
• National Risk Management
• Secretary Nielsen announced rebranding of the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis as the National Risk Management Center (NRMC)
• Enables private and public sector to assess and mitigate risks
• NRMC's core mission focuses on systems or functions that cut across sectors
• The NRMC will support the NCCIC and the NICC
• Conclusion

The Honorable Kenneth Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense & Global Security and Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of Defense

Written Testimony Key Points:

• Intro
• The Threat
• Strategic Posture
• Translating Strategy to Action
• Pathfinders and Plans
• Begun initial pathfinder effort through DHS with the financial sector
• Working with DHS to establish second pathfinder with the energy sector/DOE
• Strengthening Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector
• Draft concept of operations how DoD's Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) would support DHS's Hunt and Incident Response Teams (HIRTs)
• National Guard and Reserves fully integrated into the CMF; will continue to grow
• Section 1653 of the NDAA for FY 2019 requires an assessment of feasibility/advisability of Cyber Civil Support Teams
• Conclusion

Lt. Gen. Bradford J. “B.J.” Shwedo, Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers /Cyber, Chief Information Officer, Joint Chiefs of Staff


From the Hearing video and transcripts on YouTube:

Senator Richmond:
76:10
So the question is about funding. Right now DoD has an eight billion dollar budget for cyber. Given DHS has basically 1 billion dollars for critical infrastructure, considering that 85% of critical infrastructure is privately-owned, how do we balance that? And at what level would you say that a mission like that should be funded? And that's for the entire panel.

TUNE IN @ 3 PM 📺: @RepRatcliffe to chair a joint hearing with @HASCRepublicans to discuss interagency #cybersecurity cooperation between the @DeptofDefense and @DHSgov.

Watch here ↓ https://t.co/4koleEvXZp

— House Homeland (@HouseHomeland) November 14, 2018