Abstract: The number of cybersecurity attacks on, and breaches within, the United States government has been growing. The U.S. Senate is now gearing up to debate cybersecurity legislation—and will have to vote on…
As the House began its consideration of cybersecurity legislation last month, there was reason to be optimistic about the course that the House Leadership and the House Intelligence Committee had set. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), as it went to the floor, was imperfect to be sure,…
Washington, D.C., May 3, 2012—Steven P. Bucci, a distinguished Army Special Forces officer who became a top Pentagon official and cyber security expert, has joined The Heritage Foundation as a senior research fellow for defense and homeland security. “Steve will focus…
Sino–American economic conflicts are often characterized as “bad but improving.” For example, the trade deficit is ugly, but exports to China are rising, protection of intellectual property is said to be slowly expanding, and so on. There is an important matter, however, where the situation is bad and the case…
Abstract: In February 2012, President Obama issued his FY 2013 budget proposal. His $59 billion request for the Department of Homeland Security is slightly lower than the enacted level for FY 2012. The President is to be applauded for continuing strong financial investments in…
Statement before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Introduction Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee, I thank you…
Peter Brookes discusses cyber warfare on FNC's Happening Now. …
Abstract: The Senate has introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. A floor vote is expected in March or April. The Cybersecurity Act contains laudable elements—enhancement of and protection for private-sector information sharing are crucial. The act’s new regulatory…
In the wake of 9/11, the government undertook a number of initiatives to strengthen the security and resiliency of the supply chains that power the U.S. economy, safeguarding against both manmade and natural catastrophes. After a decade of experience in trying to keep the free flow of peoples,…
Earlier this year, The Heritage Foundation noted the positive features of the Rogers–Ruppersberger bill (H.R. 3523), a solid cybersecurity bill that was the product of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and passed out of that committee on a 17–1 vote.[1] Another bill, the…
One subject of the third round of the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be cybersecurity. Part of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s proposed Strategic Security Dialogue, it reflects the growing prominence of cybersecurity in Sino-American strategic relations. The concerns include computer network exploitation and computer network…
Abstract: The President’s budget request would maintain homeland security funding at current levels, but the budget request would increase funding for several programs that add little additional security while cutting others that could significantly enhance U.S. homeland security. Congress should use the budget process…
On March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech where he outlined his plans for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), aimed at protecting America from a nuclear missile attack using land- and sea-based missile defense systems. On the anniversary of this famous oratory, however, America…
Abstract The U.S. military force structure envisioned by the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and the President’s FY 2012 budget request is inadequate to protect vital U.S. national interests. After the “procurement holiday” during the 1990s and the wear and tear…
Worried about defending the Internet? Blame Timothy Berners-Lee. He made it worth defending. In 1989, the journeyman consultant and software engineer submitted a proposal to CERN, the European particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. It envisioned a decentralized network that would link…
The Senate will move early next month to consider a comprehensive cybersecurity bill. The House, likewise, is pledged to consider legislation this year. The Administration has proposed a bill itself, and the political forces seem to be moving toward some form of legislative response to the growing problem of intrusion…
In May, the Administration unveiled a legislative proposal for cybersecurity that is now working its way through Congress. It is one of several major legislative packages offered that seek to enhance the security and resilience of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. Getting the federal government’s role right in cybersecurity is crucial.…
We are being attacked on all sides—and it is not the hacker in the basement we need to worry about most. It is the...…
From the moment that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, America learned that it is not an impenetrable fortress protected by...…
Think back 20 years ago. What were you doing? Whatever answer you came up with, it probably had nothing to do with the...…
Sometimes my friends and colleagues wonder why I fixate on cybersecurity and the Internet. I tell them all the time that...…
On November 8, officials in Springfield, Illinois, discovered that cyber hackers had gained remote access to the city’s...…
For the masses in repressive regimes like Iran, the Internet represents the last bastion of freedom of expression—but...…
In the 1995 movie The Net, Sandra Bullock fights computer hackers attempting to cyber-sabotage her life. The hackers...…
Earlier in the week, the media reported the Pentagon’s position that a serious cyber attack might require a military...…
In a new Heritage in Focus, Heritage visiting fellow Paul Rosenzweig discusses cyber warfare. Click here to...…
Writing in 1995, before anyone in the West thought all that much about war online, Major General Wang Pufeng (the...…
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