DOD General Counsel Remarks at U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference

I. Introduction Good morning. I want to thank General Nakasone and Colonel Hayden for inviting me to speak at the CYBERCOM legal conference today — I am delighted to be here. Every year, this conference gathers the legal community to explore the legal and policy aspects of military operations in cyberspace. This year's theme of integrated deterrence is especially timely in light of current challenges we face as a Nation, the release last fall of the Biden Administration's National Security Strategy, and the National Defense Strategy which nests within it. As the President explained in the 2022 NSS, we live in a "decisive decade," marked by dramatic changes in technology, geopolitics, economi...