The US Is Woefully Unprepared for Cyber Warfare. P4-5
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Donnelly ar in cyberspace is fully on, and the United States is losing it, according Wto about two dozen national security experts. The US military is increasingly adept at mounting cyberattacks in places like Russia and Iran, but America’s computers are almost completely defenceless. Without strong protections, off ensive attacks can be invitations for disaster instead of deterrents. “I believe we are in a declared cyberwar,” said Michael Bayer, a longtime Pentagon adviser who led a recent review of Navy cybersecurity. “It is aimed at the whole of society and the state. I believe we are losing that war.” Whether the attack is a hack of a Pentagon contractor or misinformation spread on social media, US adversaries are increasingly successful in this ethereal battleground. US leaders are only slowly realising how much the rules have changed, and the required focus, leadership and strategic thinking remain woefully wanting, critics charge. “While we have made progress, it would be fair to say we have a long way to go,” said South Dakota Republican Senator Mike Rounds, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee. The military’s torpid response has been caused by bureaucratic inertia, the political dominance of but to human beings,” said the Wisconsin traditional weapons and military Republican, who noted that he was not organisations, the distraction of speaking for the commission.