Lynn Budd
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“People can think about [Fortress] and think, if our military is doing that, shouldn’t I be thinking about that too?”
Lynn Budd · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Budd argued the Fortress initiative should encourage everyday Americans to consider their own preparedness.
“We’re still trying to evaluate the effect of reduction in forces directly on communities,”
Lynn Budd · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Budd said experts are still evaluating the effect of federal workforce reductions on communities.
“Everybody’s paying attention to the tornado, so our adversaries take advantage of that time and decide: ‘Oh, they’re busy with something else. Now’s the time to do a cyber-attack or other types of attacks that may affect the critical infrastructure of a community,’”
Lynn Budd · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Budd described how adversaries might exploit natural disasters to launch cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure.
“When you say you want local and state jurisdictions to take on more responsibility, both in capability and and financially, it’s going to take some time for us to figure out how that’s going to work out. We can’t gain that capability tomorrow.”
Lynn Budd · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Budd said shifting responsibility to state and local jurisdictions will take time to implement.
“Our world has gotten very small, and threats are imminent,”
Lynn Budd · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Budd said the growing understanding among leaders is that cyber-attacks pose an increasingly powerful threat.