# Agencies Strengthen Defenses Against Living-Off-Land Attacks

At Cyber Leaders Exchange 2026, SentinelOne public-sector CISO Ron Ringgold said agencies and critical-infrastructure operators need defenses against “living off the land” attacks that can evade signature-based security tools. He highlighted behavioral detection that can operate in air-gapped environments. The discussion signals potential demand for capabilities that work across connected and isolated systems, but it announced no solicitation, award, funding amount, or procurement schedule.

- Contractors can align relevant offerings with endpoint analytics, asset inventory, removable-media controls, and secure threat-hunting workflows—particularly where these capabilities can operate in air-gapped environments.
- Procurement teams evaluating cyber defenses can assess whether proposed detection capabilities address attacks that evade signature-based tools and function in isolated environments.
- No specific buying agency, contract vehicle, or acquisition timeline was identified, so the discussion is market intelligence rather than a current bid opportunity.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology, Public Safety
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 13, 2026

### Government Entities
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- National Security Agency (NSA)

### Vendors
- SentinelOne ()

### Key Quotes
> What we have to be able to do is provide some of those advanced behavioral-based detection engines in our air-gapped environments, as we do with a lot of our cloud-connected capabilities.
> — Ron Ringgold, Field Chief Information Security Officer for Public Sector at SentinelOne

### Sources
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        Cyber Leaders Exchange 2026: SentinelOne’s Ron Ringgold on combating “living off the land’ adversaries - Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/10/cyber-leaders-exchange-2026-sentinelones-ron-ringgold-on-combating-living-off-the-land-adversaries) - Federal News Network