Reflections on: “Dealing with Cyberattacks”

James KnuppEditor ’s note: In 2014, Cato releasedA Dangerous World? Threat Perception and U.S. National Security an edited volume of papers originally presented ata Cato conference the previous year. In each chapter, experts assessed and put in context the supposed dangers to American security, from nuclear proliferation and a rising China to terrorism and climate change.As part of ourProject on Threat Inflation, Cato is republishing each chapter in an easily readable online format. Even six years after its publication, much of the book remains relevant. Policymakers and influencers continue to tout a dizzying range of threats, and Americans are still afraid. We invited each author to revisit their arguments and offer a few new observations in light of recent events. You can view previous entrieshere andhere, and on the Project on Threat Inflation homepage.This week ’s entry comes from Martin Libicki, the Keyser Chair of cybersecurity studies at the U.S. Naval Academy. His reflections on hischapter are informed by his years teaching and researching the world of cybersecurity, including multiple books and monographs for the RAND Corporation.No one would believe that a field as dynamic as cyberspace operations could undergo no change over the seven years since this chapter was written.Such incredulity would have been well ‐​placed.There have been changes.But most of them have reinforced the lessons of this chapter: cyberspace is unlike...
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