Despite recent evidence sourcing a bulk of China-based cyberattacks against America to groups backed or directed by the Chinese government, and efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to put forth a unified strategy on cyber security, Adam Segal writes for The Council on Foreign Relations about the pitfalls of deterrence as a strategy to combat Chinese cyberespionage:
China Defense Daily lays out some of the reasons why Chinese experts think deterrence is hard, or to be more specific, why the U.S. military will have difficulty achieving its deterrence aims. First, though, the article addresses all the “advantages” the United States brings to the table: resources (10 of the world’s 13 root servers are in the United States); technology (operating systems, databases, processors, microchips, network switching, and other core technology are all “in the hands of American companies”); power (there is a large gap between the U.S. and others in the development of weapons, investment, the training of talent, and the scale of armed forces).
See more at: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/01/china-not-deterred-by-u-s-cybersecurity-plans/
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