Michael W. McConnell: “cybersecurity is not just about protecting our government networks from countries, terrorists, or hackers who want our…”

America is unacceptably exposed to massive cybercrime, global espionage, and potential cyberattacks that would very easily cripple our infrastructures.

Some claim the private sector can do a better job defending networks than government. This is like saying we can rely on the airlines to defend our airspace against enemy fighters.

Many will say that we should let the market fix cybersecurity. I'm familiar with this one because I, myself, wrote it in 1996, and I'm still waiting.

The Internet was not designed to be secure. The rules and contracts put in place when it was commercialized were not written with security in mind.