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Allies And Partners Asking COCOMs for Cybersecurity Assistance, DoD Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 25th, 2021

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Allies And Partners Asking COCOMs for Cybersecurity Assistance, DoD Official Says

Ms. Mieke Y. Eoyang Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Cyber Policy, poses for her official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, Feb. 16, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

One of the top requests being made for security assistance to U.S. combatant commands (COCOMs) by allied and partner nations is for cybersecurity assistance for their defense networks and systems but the U.S. Defense Department lacks a good understanding of how the private sector could help here, a DoD cyber official said last week. “One thing that I’ve been wrestling with here in the department, and that is as we are thinking about how to bolster our allies, security cooperation…

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