Nakasone on Cyber Command, NSA firings and the future of the ‘dual-hat’ relationship

At Vanderbilt’s Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, former USCYBERCOM and NSA chief Paul Nakasone warned that the firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh and NSA deputy Wendy Noble could disrupt national security, defended the dual-hat leadership model for speed and unity of effort, and urged early action to renew FISA Section 702. He praised CISA’s election security efforts and underscored North Korea—particularly the Lazarus group’s shift to revenue generation and the risk of infiltrating companies via job applications—as a persistent top cyber adversary.