There isn鈥檛 much good news on this front, and it prompted perhaps the greatest occasion for angry fist-pounding among lawmakers during the hearing.
Intelligence officials do note that they are increasingly aware of the myriad cyberthreats facing the US. That is a plus, they note, as they must recognize the threat in order to begin confronting it. Indeed, 鈥淥ur technical advancements in detection and attribution shed light on malicious activity.鈥�
That said, however, 鈥渃yber intruders continue to explore new means to circumvent defensive measures.鈥�
As if grasping for some good news out of the infinite difficulty of confronting cyberthreats today, the assessment seized upon the Arab Spring.
鈥淲e currently face a cyber environment where emerging technologies are developed and implemented faster than governments can keep pace.鈥� In an effort to put a positive spin on this fact, the assessment pointed to 鈥渢he failed efforts at censoring social media during the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
