May 30, 2019, 07:45am
To Win The Cyber War, A Great Defense Is The Best Offense
Post written by
Edward Wood
In their recent 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) predicted expanded and diversified threats to U.S. national security, driven in large part by China and Russia. This same report revealed that cyberattacks are one of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States, and they are increasing in size, sophistication and cost. One could say the U.S. is fighting wars at home and abroad, having to address vulnerabilities on diverse fronts.
For example, Marriott is estimated to have exposed 500 million user accounts. The Yahoo breach affected three billion user accounts (up from an earlier estimate of one billion). And the Equifax breach in 2017 affected nearly 150 million users.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/05/30/to-win-the-cyber-war-a-great-defense-is-the-best-offense/#27030c294f26
