Leading figures offer ways to assess effectiveness of Trump’s aggressive cyber deterrence strategy

LAS VEGAS. Two leading cybersecurity strategists are offering tangible ways to assess whether the Trump administration’s embrace of offensive cyber actions as the linchpin of deterrence actually “makes things better or worse” for the nation in cyberspace.

The Trump strategy of “persistent engagement” is “the most significant policy change in 20 years,” said Columbia University’s Jason Healey, a prominent cyber strategist and policy voice. Healey and research partner Neil Jenkins of the Cyber Threat Alliance discussed their work today here...