A National Cybersecurity Strategy
Government Accountability Office Analysis of the Federal Response to Persistent Threats
Threats to systems supporting critical infrastructure and federal information systems are evolving and growing. Advanced persistent threats ― where adversaries possess sophisticated levels of expertise and significant resources to pursue their objectives repeatedly over an extended period of time ― pose increasing risks. In 2009, the President declared the cyber-threat to be “one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation” and stated that “America’s economic prosperity in the twenty-first century will depend on cybersecurity.” The director of national intelligence has also warned of the increasing globalization of cyber-attacks, including those carried out by…
