Pentagon cyber chief: demand far exceeds supply

Katie Sutton, the Pentagon's top civilian cyber policy official, said her single priority is expanding the cyber options available to the president and the defense secretary, describing a gap between what commanders request and what the force can deliver. She also called cyber a natural fit for AI and said the department must become an "AI-first organization."

• Sutton: "The demand far exceeds the supply" of cyber capabilities
• Since 2018 the military has had authority to run cyber ops as a traditional military activity
• Sutton urged the Pentagon to become an "AI-first organization"
• She flagged AI risks including data poisoning and weakened guardrails