Should the government and/or private companies engage in cyber warfare?

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INSTRUCTIONS:

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Discussion: Cyber: Is Offense the Best Defense?

Read the following articles:

Defense cyber strategy: We can and will hit back, by Amber Corrin, C4&ISR Networks, Jul 1 2015
http://www.c4isrnet.com/story/military-tech/omr/cyberstrat/2015/07/01/defense-cyber-strategy-power/29558285/

Cybersecurity: The Best Defense is a Good Offense, by Aaron Wright, May 8, 2015
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/cyber-security-the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/

1. Do you think that the best cyber defense includes being on the offensive?

2. Should the government and/or private companies engage in cyber warfare?

Remember to support your statements with references, including page or paragraph number.

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Module 3 – Background

CYBER THREATS AND SOLUTIONS

REQUIRED READING

Averbuch A., & Siboni, G. (2013, May). The classic cyber defense methods have failed: What comes next? Military and Strategy Affairs, Vol 5, No. 1. Retrieved from http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/MASA5-1Eng5_Averbuch%20and%20Siboni.pdf

Assessing nine years of cyber security vulnerabilities and exploits (2018). 2018 Security Threat Report. Protiviti. Retrieved from https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/infographic-2018-security-threat-report-protiviti.pdf

Buchanan, B. (2016). The life cycles of cyber threats. Survival, 58(1), 39-58, Retrieved from Trident Online Library

Cisco. (n.d.). Cisco Cyber Threat Defense Solution Overview. Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise-networks/threat-defense/solution_overview_c22-700869.html

Corrin, A. (2015, July 1). Defense cyber strategy: We can and will hit back. Retrieved from: http://www.c4isrnet.com/story/military-tech/omr/cyberstrat/2015/07/01/defense-cyber-strategy-power/29558285/

Wright, A. (2015, May 8). Cybersecurity: The best defense is a good offense. Mysterious Universe. Retrieved from http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/cyber-security-the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/