I would like tentatively to share the insights of Ms. Zhanna Malekos Smith, a senior associate (non-resident) with the Strategic Technologies Program and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Her theme is “Emerging Cyber Threats: No State Is an Island in Cyberspace.”
The U.S. intelligence community (IC) recently unveiled its new Annual Threat Assessment, identifying the top cyber threats to national security and the predominant nation-state actors—China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Surprisingly, the IC’s 2022 report only offers character vignettes of each country’s individual cyber programs, but is silent on the potential of these actors working together to amplify disruptive effects.
Why is this puzzling?
