Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Communications -
Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, Fort Hays State University,
course: IDS 803, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is
to argue that the public-private partnership represents the ultimate
solution to protect the national cyber security of the United States
against frequent and violent cyber-attacks. The paper will elaborate the
importance of the cyber security to the national security of the United
States, then assesses the present solitary governmental defense
measures, and highlights the loopholes and defects of the current
unilateral administrative strategy that does not involve the private
sector neither in the decision-making process, nor in the execution
phase of the defense strategy. The paper will also highlight the roles
of the White House, military and intelligence agencies, and subsequently
connect them to the proposed public-private partnership and how this
partnership is going to synergize their roles. Consequently, this paper
is concerned with the cyber defense strategy of the United States. For
the past three decades, the United States has been struggling to
formulate that strategy to counter the continuous cyber-attacks and
threats, and to protect the national interest of our country. With the
constant advance in technology every day, it's pretty much debatable
whether our defense techniques are enough and deterrent. Some may see
the recommendations adopted throughout this paper argumentative.
However, we all agree that cyberspace will never be fully secure. In the
same time, there is much that can be done to acquire new strengths,
increase the ability to adapt, and reduce the risk of those threats and
attacks.
