{"id":18706,"date":"2019-07-24T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/24\/the-challenge-in-securing-critical-information\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:01:59","slug":"the-challenge-in-securing-critical-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/2019\/07\/24\/the-challenge-in-securing-critical-information\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenge in securing critical information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One decade ago, Cyber Command was born as a sub-unified command of U.S. Strategic Command with the mission of securing critical Defense Department networks from adversary incursion. Its creation codified a recognition that malign actors seeking to access, control, and exploit our information systems constituted a core national security threat and heralded a new domain of warfare: cyberspace. Cyber Command\u2019s foundational charge to \u201censure U.S.\/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace\u201d is as vital today as it was 10 years ago. But the next 10 years will require U.S. cyber policy to confront a new challenge: to secure not only critical networks, but critical information \u2014 about everything and all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet of things and future of connected devices promise an explosion of personal information to the tune of 175 zettabytes of connected data by 2025. As our homes, cars, appliances, wearables and factories come online, members of the connected population will have a data-producing interaction once every 18 seconds. Data generated by these interactions is already being used by internet companies for tremendous economic gain from targeted advertising-based business models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advancements in artificial intelligence and quantum information science are enabling those who control it to process this abundant information into valuable economic insights and military capabilities. As such, data is becoming an increasingly important geopolitical resource, recognized by world leaders from Angela Merkel to Shinzo Abe. In the United States, this data lacks robust security.<\/p>\n\n\n