Keynote

Overview: A US Cyber Command executive director delivers the CyberWarCon keynote on China's cyber threat to national security and Cyber Command's elevation from tactical to strategic operations.

Key Topics: PRC cyber threats to national security; Cyber Command's global cyberspace operations coordination; adversary economies of scale targeting backbone infrastructure; and named intrusion sets including Flax Typhoon and Volt Typhoon.

Technical Details: The speaker describes adversary focus on valid credential abuse and privileged account targeting at scale, identifying numerous PRC-associated intrusion sets targeting critical infrastructure and defense industrial base.

Takeaways: Nation-state adversaries achieve economies of scale in cyberspace targeting shared infrastructure. Defenders must prioritize credential security and backbone infrastructure protection against PRC operations.