FOXNews.com: Aspen Security Forum: Air Force chief warns of cyber threat

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Aspen Security Forum: Air Force chief warns of cyber threat Jul 18th 2013, 11:50 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III says the threat that keeps him up at night is the impact of multiple cyber attacks compounded over time.  Speaking at the opening session of the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, Welsh said "understanding the potential impact of the threat in the cyber domain over time" is a priority.  Welsh, who opened the annual forum which over four days brings together senior national security officials from government and experts from the private sector, also said the budget sequester is already having an impact on the operational side. He said the Air Force's "ability to respond quickly is affected."  Welsh said the mandatory defense cuts are also "impinging on our ability to modernize over time."  While not commenting directly on the recent NSA leaks which detailed the government's surveillance programs, Welsh said the problem boils down to controlling access. "Not everyone needs to know it," Welsh said.  The head of the NSA, Gen. Keith Alexander, is also expected to speak at the forum and take public questions for the first time since the scandal broke.  On cyber-security, a piece of which falls within Welsh's purview, he described "space and cyber as more contested and congested."  The Aspen Security Forum is the premier homeland security and national security conference with a focus on evolving threats and the U.S. government's ability to do more with the budget realities.  Fox News' Chief Intelligence Correspondent Catherine Herridge is moderating a forum panel on the post-bin Laden threat which includes former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden, former CIA and FBI Director William Webster, former CIA counterterrorism official Philip Mudd, former Deputy National Security Adviser to President Bush Juan Zarate and former Attorney General John Ashcroft.

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