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Contributing Scholar: Jacquelyn Schneider

U.S. Cyber Strategy

Hoover Fellow, Jacquelyn Schneider, provides an overview to the evolution of US cybersecurity and places particular significance on developing strategies which can adapt over time to the ever-changing landscape of digital threats.

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The Evolution of U.S. Cyber Strategy

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Published July 11, 2024

In the early 2000s, the U.S. government viewed cyberspace with optimism with the belief that access to and information from the internet would help spread democracy worldwide. However, cyberattacks from state and non-state actors, such as North Korea's attack on Sony and Iran's campaign against U.S. banks, highlights the growing threat posed by cyberwarfare. The United States must now strategically adapt its approach to cybersecurity and recognize the ever-changing and complex digital landscape to successfully face the array of cyber threats from rival nations and bad actors.

Check out more from Jacquelyn Schneider:

Read "Why the Military Can't Trust AI" (Foreign Affairs) from Jacquelyn Schneider here.
Watch "Shall We Play a Game? The Promise (and Pitfalls) of Wargames for Policy" from Jacquelyn Schneider here.
Watch "Can AI Predict Chinese President Xi's Military Plans?" with Jacquelyn Schneider here.

The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. © 2024 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University.