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Adversaries strategically target U.S. military community for foreign influence and manipulation.

Currently a Federal Field CTO at Tanium, Sam Kinch has over 20 years of federal cybersecurity experience, having served as an analyst in the intelligence community, offensive cyber operations leader at U.S. Cyber Command, and executive advisor on National Guard cyber operations.

Adversaries cannot decrypt what they can’t access.

Adversarial cyber threats are only increasing in sophistication.

Cyber operations, electronic warfare and space-based defense need to converge to keep up with adversarial threats.

The company’s Global Threat Intelligence Index highlights the increasingly complex cyber environment.

The world does not pause for the government to catch up.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency crews are developing tools and techniques to better find defensive holes in AI-based systems.

James E. Ortega is the director of the Navy and Marine Corps Spectrum Center (NMSC), overseeing global electromagnetic-spectrum governance and operational support for U.S. naval and Marine forces. A retired Army veteran turned senior civilian leader, he has more than 30 years’ experience spanning joint operations, defense industry program management and federal policy. Ortega is recognized for modernizing spectrum-certification processes, spearheading electromagnetic interference resolution initiatives and mentoring the next generation of spectrum professionals. When not advocating for mission-ready communications, he writes and speaks on leadership, organizational agility and the art of decluttering to achieve strategic focus. He has contributed two articles to SIGNAL Media.

The elevation to a sub-unified command brings more focus, leader says.