RAND researcher: DOD cyber strategy should 'galvanize' industry to secure systems, products

The Pentagon's recently released cybersecurity strategy for pursuing threats at the source should “galvanize” industry to act in securing networks, products and services that are the backbone of the U.S. economy, according to a RAND researcher who was speaking on the nation's preparedness to defend against foreign cyber attacks.

The DOD strategy issued last month, which takes a “defend forward” approach to fending off cyber attacks, will “help to galvanize [industry] activities now that they know” what the Pentagons' role...