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Cyber

U.S. Must Move To Active Cyber Defense Strategy As Attacks Grow, Naval Professor Says

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 3rd, 2017

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U.S. Must Move To Active Cyber Defense Strategy As Attacks Grow, Naval Professor Says

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The increasing rate of global cyber threats such as the WannaCry ransomware and NotPetya malware attacks must push the United States defense policy away from currently insufficient methods of deterrence in the domain to a more active policy in dealing with malicious, often state-sponsored threats, according to Naval Postgraduate School Professor and Retired Navy Capt. Scott Jasper.In a speech to the Heritage Foundation on June 28, Jasper detailed the current cyber deterrence policies as restraining the full potential the U.S.…

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