{"id":14051,"date":"2016-02-08T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2016\/02\/08\/cyber-the-new-no-1-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:51:38","slug":"cyber-the-new-no-1-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/the-compass\/net-defense-blogs\/2016\/02\/08\/cyber-the-new-no-1-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber: The new No. 1 threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>James Clapper, the\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">U.S.\u00a0<\/span>director of National Intelligence, recently surprised some\u00a0by stating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/story\/military-tech\/cyber\/2016\/02\/04\/clapper-cyber-threat-terrorism\/79821226\/\">cyberattacks\u00a0are now the No. 1\u00a0threat<\/a> against the United States.\u00a0He blamed criminal organizations and politically motivated entities for launching attacks that target government and private computer systems and networks within the United States.\u00a0That shocked many\u00a0who believed traditional terrorism was the number 1 threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Just recently, James Clapper, the U.S. director of National Intelligence, recently spoke in the Cyber Lecture Series at the Naval Academy.\u00a0During his speech, Clapper shocked many by stating <\/span><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">cyberattacks<\/span><span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> are now the No. 1 number 1 threat against the United States.\u00a0He went on to blame criminals and criminal organizations, as well as politically motivated entities, for launching these attacks that are targeting government and private computer systems and networks within the United States.\u00a0That shocked many who believed terrorism was the number 1 threat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clapper was not the only one warning about the increasing threat of cyberattacks. At Davos 2016 in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum focused on three specific cyber topics.\u00a0The first was the warning that cyberattacks against critical infrastructure are imminent and that attacks would disrupt these services.\u00a0The second topic focused on the need for governments and the private sector to work together much more closely to combat this growing threat. The third topic area was the criticality of resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We should also keep in mind FBI Director James Comey&#8217;s recent\u00a0warning issued about the growing threat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/stories\/2016\/january\/countering-the-growing-intellectual-property-theft-threat\">intellectual property theft<\/a> within the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyberattacks were the subject of discussion at Davos 2016 \u2013 the World Economic Forum.\u00a0 During that event, three specific topics became evident.\u00a0 The first was the warning that cyberattacks against critical infrastructure are coming \u2013 with the growing concern that the attacks will disrupt these services.\u00a0 The second topic focused on the need for governments and the private sector to work much more closely together to combat this growing threat. The third topic area was the criticality of resilience.\u00a0 We should also keep in mind the warning that the Director of the FBI issued about the growing threat of theft of intellectual property within the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only a few people really understand the true level of this threat and the unique difficulties that accompany the ever-changing nature of cyberattacks.\u00a0The scope of the attack surface\u2014computers, tablets, smartphones and devices connected to the Internet of Things\u2014is massive. Another challenging aspect is the magnitude of change. According to Symantec, during December 2015 there were more than 22\u00a0million new strains of malware introduced into the online environment. That equates to\u00a0about 500 every minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symantec also reported that in December 2015\u00a0one in four\u00a0emails sent contained malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this is further stressing the cyber resources that are scarce to begin with, and increasing the losses attributed to cyberattacks.\u00a0How will this threat be addressed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrorism isn&#8217;t the top threat facing the nation, said Director of National Intelligence James 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