num_pages: 56
description: The capacity to produce, communicate, and use information is affecting every area of national security, from the way we govern ourselves to the way we fight wars to the way transnational criminal organizations increase in scope and power to the way activists and extremists mobilize support across borders. Yet security measures against cyber threats are insufficient throughout both government and the private sector. This report illuminates the problem and lays out the first, essential, steps for defending the homeland against this new reality.
language: English
title: Cyber Threats and Information Security: Meeting the 21st Century Challenge
titlecomplete: Cyber Threats and Information Security: Meeting the 21st Century Challenge (Csis Report)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Center for Strategic & Intl studies