Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply
Pentagon cyber policy chief Katie Sutton says demand for military cyber operations far exceeds supply.
At DefenseTalks on September 22, 2026, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Katie Sutton said demand for military cyber operations far exceeds what U.S. forces can supply. She said her priority is a broader set of cyber options for the president and defense secretary, tracing current authorities to 2018 and describing cyber as a tool integrated into warfare, including denying adversary data and acting below armed conflict. She argued the department should be AI-first while treating data poisoning and weakened guardrails as distinct risks. The article also notes public claims that cyber caused outages during an operation involving Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro, while experts said accompanying physical attacks could explain them.
- Katie Sutton says cyber-operations demand exceeds available Pentagon supply.
- Her priority is more options for the president and defense secretary.
- Cyber is framed as integrated warfare, not only cyber-on-cyber defense.
- She wants an AI-first force wary of poisoning and weak guardrails.
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At DefenseTalks on Tuesday, Katie Sutton said the Pentagon now receives far more requests to use cyber operations than its forces can fulfill, eight years after gaining that authority. The post Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply appeared first on CyberScoop.
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