Crosswell is as skeptical as Libicki. Things are too klugey . It's probably more likely you wipe out systems yourself than have a hacker wipe them out. You can stand down the entire Navy with safety issues. Traub disagrees, maintaining that infowar will be an important component of future warfare, both defensive and offensive.
Crook likes to think of it as risk management.
Perhaps the problem is that the idea of computer security hasn't entered the nation's consciousness in a realistic or helpful way. Hollywood's presentation of hackers in the realm of fantasy tends to diffuse any sense of real danger. The result was blister packaging, tamperproof caps, and other forms of protection to reassure consumers that the products hadn't been adulterated. Clayton asserts that in order for the majority of people and businesses to take basic security procedures seriously, an incident has to happen. We're not below that public trust level yet.