How Cyber Attacks Threaten Our Security

Published: January 3, 2018

There are many ways that cyber attacks threaten our national security. For instance, cyber warfare could affect our nation’s communication systems, intellectual property, or the military’s capability to react and defend the country. Understanding the nature of cyber attacks will help us prevent and defend against them.

Discussion Questions

  1. What are the emerging and future technologies that we will have to worry about the most from a cyber security perspective?
  2. What cyber threat concerns you the most?

Additional Resources

  1. Amy Zegart discusses “Cyberwar” on TEDxStanford, available here.
  2. For more research on cybersecurity, click here.

 

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Amy Zegart

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