Frank J. Cilluffo
Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute
Frank J. Cilluffo is an associate vice president at The George Washington University and director of its Homeland Security Policy Institute. The following is excerpted from March 20, 2013, testimony during the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies hearing on “Cyber Threats From China, Russia and Iran: Protecting American Critical Infrastructure.” The cyber-threat comes in various shapes, sizes, and forms. The bar to entry is low to launch a relatively rudimentary, but still potentially damaging, cyber-attack. The threat spectrum ranges from nation-states plus their proxies, to foreign terrorist organizations, criminal syndicates, and…
