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Pentagon Advisory Panel Outlines Initiatives For Cyber Deterrence; Includes “Thin Line” Of Second Strike Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

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Pentagon Advisory Panel Outlines Initiatives For Cyber Deterrence; Includes “Thin Line” Of Second Strike Systems

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To help ward off cyber attacks the U.S. must strengthen its cyber deterrence posture through three broad initiatives that include tailored deterrence campaigns, ensuring the resilience of key strike systems to be able weather an attack and then respond, and continue pursuing sustaining capabilities such as attribution and development of new technologies, says a new report by the Defense Science Board (DSB).And for the time being the cyber threat outweighs the security capabilities of U.S. defenders, warns the report, Task…

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