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Brookings Panel Discusses Continued Persistence Of Cyber Threats

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 6th, 2017

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Brookings Panel Discusses Continued Persistence Of Cyber Threats

Brookings panel on cyber threats. From L to R: Ramcharan, Jones, Leigher, Miller & O'Hanlon. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The persistence of cyber threats carried out against U.S. governmental and military systems will increase over the next decade and attacks are inevitable unless vulnerabilities are identified according to Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Senior Fellow Dr. James N. Miller speaking at a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday.The Brookings Center for 21st Century Security Intelligence held a panel on the topic of growing threats from cyber weapons, which was moderated by senior fellow Michael O’Hanlon and included Miller,…

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