Cyber Attacks, Prevention, and Countermeasures

Abstract

President Barack Obama said in the 2015 State of the Union address, “No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids. We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism.

There is no such thing as 100 percent security, on- or offline, but we must strive to strengthen our defenses against those who are constantly working to do us harm…. The alternative could be a digital Pearl Harbor — and another day of infamy.

— U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins

and Tom Carper (July 7, 2011)

There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again.

— FBI Director Robert Mueller

RSA conference (March 1, 2012)

The attack surfaces for adversaries to get on the Internet now include all those mobile devices. The mobile security situation lags. It’s far behind.

— Army Gen. Keith Alexander , Director of National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command

DEF CON 20 (July 27, 2012)

The only two products not covered by product liability are religion and software, and software should not escape for much longer.

— Dan Geer, Chief Information Security Officer of In-Q-Tel (August 6, 2014)

Overall, network security solutions haven’t evolved for the past 20-plus years.

— Mike Kail, Chief Information Officer at Yahoo! (October 22, 2014)

We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism.

— President Barack Obama in 2015 State of the Union address (January 20, 2015)