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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
I think we have to go to a model where we assume the adversary is in our networks, it's on our machines, and we have to operate anyway.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman emphasizes the need to assume adversaries are already within U.S. cyber networks.

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