During a videoconference on May 13, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission made its case to Congress that the U.S. should adopt a strategy of layered cyber deterrence, a three-pronged plan to reduce the ...

The United States is losing ground in cybersecurity for the first time in five years, with “unprecedented” backsliding threatening national resilience, according to the 2025 Annual Report on ...

In the 1930s, France built impressive fortifications called the Maginot Line to prevent German forces from crossing its eastern border. The line was so impressive that it deterred the Germans from a ...

Cyber deterrence has become a hot topic recently. In June, the heads of NATO's member nations agreed to a goal of spending 5% of gross domestic product on defense and deterrence capabilities—including ...

The Pentagon needs a new plan to deter hackers from attacking American critical infrastructure, say senators who aim to write that into law. In its version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization ...

Nuclear deterrence was one of the most thoroughly studied doctrines of the 20th Century and went through decades of refinement. Policymakers today face an even more daunting challenge and far less ...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has not been subtle in his calls over the last year for the U.S. to develop a cyber deterrence strategy, and the Senate's freshly minted 2018 defense bill now directs the ...

Cyberattackers pose many threats to a wide range of targets. Russia, for example, was accused of hacking Democratic Party computers throughout the year, interfering with the U.S. presidential election ...

This does not mean cyber deterrence is doomed to failure. The sheer scale of cyberattacks demands that we do better to defend against them. There are three things we can do to strengthen cyber ...