Today, Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone was confirmed by the Senate to be Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency. This clip is from his March 1, 2018 confirmation hearing.
General Nakasone has clear eyes and steel nerves. At his confirmation hearing, General Nakasone was appropriately blunt about the fact that America has not responded in a way that is sufficient to change our adversaries’ behavior. The American people don’t have many reasons to be confident in their government in the area of cyber war but General Nakasone brings urgency and seriousness to the problem.