The Department of Defense (DoD) is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to tighten cybersecurity of privately-owned critical infrastructure, said Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle, the Defense Cyber Command's deputy commander. Schmidle said that "one of the things that keeps me up at night is the nation's critical infrastructure". At the same event, Schmidle announced that one of DoD’s projects to improve their cybersecurity efforts is the creation of a shared database that provides a "common operational picture" examining "data feeds" from all of DoD's networks, the Department of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, and "anybody else that wants to participate." Schmidle noted that he did not expect this idea to be implemented right away and also anticipated possible policy hurdles surrounding “individual freedom” and privacy.