Register now to hear from top DoD and DHS officials about the future of cyber and war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“The future of cyber warfare is another dimension of conflict,” said Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services (NS2). “But we’ve already learned a few lessons from history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They immediately came in and shut down their networks,” Testoni said. “They blew up their Internet and immediately created communications and command\/control issues \u2014 power, utilities, telecommunications networks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But cyber does more than just add another offensive capability. Due to the interconnected nature of modern infrastructure \u2014 from the power grid to the financial sector to private industry \u2014 cyber broadens the attack surface by an exponential factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Testoni, examples like these show the need to secure American networks, including critical infrastructure and the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n