It doesn’t matter if they are state-sponsored or live in their parents’ basement. Hackers thrive in the shadows of our culture. Leaders hesitate to declare supremacy over them lest they get taught a very public lesson in humility. But, if a superpower uses those hackers to access a foreign government’s information, and that’s not an act of war, what next?
Jim Webb, a heavily decorated war veteran, tried to get his fellow presidential hopefuls to address that issue during the first Democratic debate Tuesday night on CNN. Unfortunately, he spent more time kvetching about how little time he was getting than pressing for his chosen topic—cybersecurity— which he correctly pegged as the biggest threat to national security.
In my forthcoming book on identity theft and data security Swiped, I talk about cybersecurity at the enterprise-organization level. Here is an adapted excerpt on why we need political leadership on this issue: For the full article click here
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