Cybersecurity professionals examine challenge of cyber deterrence as stakes rise with IoT

A potential policy rift was exposed during the Gigamon Cybersecurity Summit on Thursday over the right approach to cyber deterrence, with one cybersecurity professional calling for stronger reaction to cyber attacks perpetrated by nation states like Russia, and another cautioning against a cyber cold war.

“There has been a complete collapse of cyber deterrence,” said Peter Singer, a strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation who is a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Communications...