The Advent of the “Digital Mercenaries”
- Read more about The Advent of the “Digital Mercenaries”
- 1 comment
- Log in or register to post comments
Top Threat to Business, National Security and the American Dream: Detailing the New Global Competitive Model Based on Cyber and Asymmetrical Hybrid Warfare
Although hacking has been part of espionage since at least 1989 nation-state sponsored attacks have grown dramatically throughout the past decade.
The United States military should develop cyber special operations capabilities to expand the menu of policy options for addressing threats to U.S. interests and national security.
A cyber underground, organized around special operations principles can create a nationwide and global network that will seek out, identify, understand, and expose active measures and propaganda.
There are two competing arguments regarding the gravity of the threat that cyber-attacks pose to the nation’s security.
ISIS’s cyber efforts have paid off; the FBI told Congress in July 2016 that “the message of radicalization spreads faster than we imagined just a few years ago.