A nation must think before it acts.
On October 12, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned that the United States could face a "cyber Pearl Harbor" as cyber actors launch simultaneous attacks on our critical infrastructure, in combination with a physical attack. Mr. Panetta's warning was both embarrassingly late and stunningly lacking in both reality and imagination. Lawrence Husick, FPRI's co-chair the Center for the Study of Terrorism, and a patent attorney and self-described computer hacker, will address the threat that faces the nation, and why both public and private sector perceptions of the threat and reactions to it give little hope that we will be able to avert serious consequences of disruption and violence in the cyber domain. Mr. Husick's June 2011 briefing on this topic was described by former National Security Advisor Robert "Bud" McFarlane as, "the best I've heard from anyone anywhere." Join FPRI on October 24, 2012 at 2:00p EDT to learn more about this critical issue in national security.
Listeners will be able ask questions online. You may also submit questions via email: questions@fpri.org.
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