Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published April 30, 2025
Director for Cyber Warfare John Garstka delivered keynote remarks at the event today virtually from the Pentagon. Garstka, who works in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management, said real-world cyberattacks on commercial critical infrastructure are on the rise.
Likening cyberspace to the fifth warfighting domain, with air, land, sea and space being the others, he said many people have a hard time grasping the impact of cyber conflict because they don’t have access to simulations of such attacks and the subsequent effects.