What does an effective strategy in cyberspace look like?

New threats and a new era of realization that the majority of the infrastructure that is currently supporting federal and commercial infrastructures is built on a failed perimeter-based security model has prompted the industry to move toward a new cyber strategy. The new strategy that must be adopted is one that enables better responses to new threats, reduces vulnerabilities, deters adversaries, and secures systems with a focus on what is most practically achievable. In order to have any hope of better securing cyberspace, there is a fundamental thing to realize, which is that part of this new strategy will require technical advancements and managerial and administrative change to take place across the federal government and the private sector. We cannot collectively continue to do the same thing and expect a different outcome.

Changing strategic concepts

Those leaders who are in place to implement...