Heightened U.S.-Iran tensions may bring ‘national reckoning’ in cyberspace

The U.S. attack on Iran's top general has the cybersecurity community bracing for possible retaliation in cyberspace, while also pointing to the security tools that are in place and the ongoing policy needs that are highlighted by the latest -- perhaps most serious -- clash with a known international cyber aggressor.

If the cyber dimensions of the current crisis escalate, said attorney Robert Metzger, a co-author of the influential 2018 MITRE “Deliver Uncompromised” report addressing vulnerabilities in the Defense Department's...