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Governments everywhere need to address cybersecurity to mitigate the threat of disruption to government operations and commerce and to enable sustainable economic growth.
Cyberspace, which began as an electronic add-on to other domains such as land and sea commerce, is today a domain unto itself. Cyberculture is growing more rapidly than cybersecurity due to the accelerated growth of Internet-enabled devices and machinery, and thus everything that depends on cyberspace is at risk. Private data, intellectual property, cyber infrastructure, and even military and national security can all be compromised by deliberate attacks, inadvertent security lapses, and the vulnerabilities of a relatively immature, unregulated global Internet.
“Cybersecurity is the new global battlefront that we are all engaged in throughout our daily lives.”
– Harry Raduege, Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Network Innovation
Additionally, the current global financial crisis has led to greater economic inequality and created an impetus for frustrated workers to engage in cyber-wrongdoing, including possible fraud and even espionage.
Deloitte’s Harry D. Raduege, Jr. Co-Chairs CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the New Administration
Harry D. Raduege, Jr. serves as the co-chairman for the Center for Strategic and International Study's (CSIS's) Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44 th Presidency. The Commission recently released its final report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency." The Commission is a bipartisan group made up of 40 cybersecurity specialists from both government and private industry. Harry serves as a co-chairman, along with Representative Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), Representative Mike McCaul (R-Texas) and Scott Charney of Microsoft.
The Commission’s three major findings are:
- Cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States.
- Decisions and actions must respect American values related to privacy and civil liberties.
- Only a comprehensive national security strategy that embraces both the domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve the situation.
Read the complete report or listen to Harry’s Federal News Radio interview about the report .
Learn More About the Issues
The Cybersecurity Imperative: Protecting the Global Economy, Governments and Citizens
Cyber culture is growing faster than cybersecurity, so everything that depends on cyberspace is at risk. Governments around the world need to address cybersecurity urgently so organizations can survive, thrive, and enable economic growth. How can government and business work together to prosper in this new culture of risk? Watch/listen to the Webcast.
Fending Off Digital Attacks - A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity
The burden of safeguarding sensitive data and computer networks falls on government agencies, organizations, users and administrators alike; and while securing systems from cyber attacks may be expensive, the cost of doing nothing is greater by far. Listen to this podcast.
Cybersecurity: Everybody's Imperative
This report calls for a holistic and transnational solution involving more than technology and suggests that the role of government should be to encourage accountability and offer incentives for private sector. Read the report.
Evolving Cybersecurity Faces a New Dawn
Over the last two years, we have been inundated with bad news about the state of cybersecurity. The list of concerns is growing and endless: rampant cybercrime, increasing identity theft, sophisticated social engineering techniques, relentless intrusions into government networks and widespread vulnerabilities continuously exploited by a variety of entities ranging from criminal organizations and entrepreneurial hackers to well-resourced espionage actors. Where do we start? Read the article.
Building a Secure Workforce: Guard Against Insider Threat
This paper defines the risks associated with asset loss and an approach to mitigate an “insider” threat through the development and management of a secure workforce.
Changing the Game: The Role of the Private and Public Sectors in Protecting Data
Explore the findings and discussions of this U.S. National Issues Dialogue session.
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