The Future For National Security - 1496 Words

As the world moves forward, there are new threats that arise and it is difficult to handle each one. One of the largest threats to any country are cyber-attacks/computer hacking. Each day on the news there is a developing story about a country’s data base being hacked by an anonymous source and all the classified files were exposed to the public. As a result, cybersecurity has increased significantly in the countries that can afford it. The United States and China have recently increased spending and research on cybersecurity to protect their classified documents. Unfortunately, as technology evolves, there are new ways for both countries to get hacked once again. Cybersecurity is the future for national security and must be updated each†¦show more content†¦Causing mistrust with the international community. China’s cybersecurity defenses has had many flaws in protecting their internet. Since China is solely focusing on international cyber-attacks, it leaves th em vulnerable within their borders. The Chinese police barely investigate internal hacking which attributes to China’s vulnerability. Chinese cybercriminals target Chinese victims given the relatively low risk of domestic police action; stolen usernames and passwords, financial data, video game accounts, and hacker tools can be bought and sold openly on Chinese social media forums. According to Jon Lindsay’s article, this form of cyber-attack damaged the Chinese economy $830 million in 2011 alone. Since then China has begun cyber policies and created the Cybersecurity and Informatization Leading Group in 2014, chaired by Xi Jinping. The CILG aids XI’s efforts to tighten Party discipline and respond to foreign cyber-attacks. Having the government aims their sights on cyber defense may actually improve cyber policy coordination but the Chinese Government doesn’t have prior experience in cyber policy. In other countries, private sector companies and organiz ations that focus of cyber policy are hired by the government. So China has tightened their laws on internet freedoms because they believe that allowing internet freedom undermines Chinese cybersecurity. In 2011