Lawmakers and some Pentagon officials argue that the US should shift cyberdefense from 'How to build the next best firewall' to an offensive message: Those who attack US computers risk 'land-based attack'.
[....] “If we knew who did it ... maybe it could be something that would deal with their ability to attack us further,” she said. “It could be a land-based attack.”
Creedon cited Cartwright's estimation that 90 percent of the Pentagon’s approach to cyberattacks is, in his words, “How to build the next best firewall,” while 10 percent is “What we might do to prevent them from attacking us.”[....]
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