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Like counter-terrorism, cyber security is in the forefront of the U.S. national security agenda. President Barack Obama remarked from the White House on May 29, 2009 about a weapon of mass disruption.

This world—cyberspace—is a world that we depend on every single day.… America’s economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cyber security.

—President Barack Obama’s remark from the White House (May 29, 2009).

Terrorism does remain the FBI’s top priority, but in the not too-distant-future we anticipate that the cyber threat will pose the greatest threat to our country.

—FBI Director Robert Mueller (March 1, 2012).

The war is being fought on three fronts. The first is physical, the second is the world of social networks, and the third is cyber attacks.

—Carmela Avner, Israel’s Chief Information Officer (November 18, 2012).

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