The US Cyber Command is Deploying Experts Abroad to Assist Collaborators in Detecting Hackers

The US government’s Cyber National Command Force (CNCF) is deploying professionals abroad in “hunt forward” operations to assist partner countries in tackling cybercrime and has undertaken 47 operations in 20 countries in the last three years. Though this could aid the global fight against cybercriminals, one expert believes it should be supplemented by increased data sharing between the US and its allies. 

The CNCF’s commander, Major General William Hartman, unveiled details of the operations during a speech at the RSA security conference in San Francisco on Monday.   The US actions were carried out at the request of the partner countries, according to Hartman, who added that the CNCF recently sent 43 of its specialists to Ukraine to the cyber battle against Russia.

Emily Taylor, CEO of Oxford Information Labs and a Chatham House associate fellow, praised the CNCF’s actions. On Monday, she spoke before Parliament’s National Security Strategy Committee as part of a hearing on the subject of ransomware, emphasizing the significance of international data sharing.

“Barriers to the free flow of evidence across borders” need to be removed to compile cases against these criminals quickly, she told the committee. “If there can’t be international cooperation on cyber crime, then there must be some sort of response from the international community that does abide by the rules,” Taylor added.

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