Should Cyber Defense Go On the Offensive?
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
Federal Agencies and the Defense Department have inadequate cyber defenses, but the course of action should be to beef those defenses up, not to resort to cyber attacks as some sort of deterrent. The best way to counter cyber attacks is with cyber defense.
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