Category: Cybersecurity

“I have found Vol. 4:1 of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, the Cybersecurity Symposium, to be an invaluable resource. I use many of these articles in my research and clinic preparation, and am glad to have a bound, hard copy that I can grab from my shelf and mark up as I like.” -Eric J. Lobsinger, Teaching Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center

Introduction

For many of us, the cyber threat to U. S. national security is amorphous and not easy to comprehend. At the same time, in the last two years of the Bush administration and through the first year of the Obama presidency, cybersecurity has been characterized as “one of the most urgent national security problems facing the new administration.”

The Past, Present, and Future of Cybersecurity

The cyber threat is the most pervasive and pernicious threat facing the United States today. Its mention does not immediately conjure visions of the catastrophic horrors that would result from an attack using a weapon of mass destruction, but today’s cyber threat is a very real and present danger.