{"id":136425,"date":"2022-03-04T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-america-isnt-ready-for-whats-coming"},"modified":"2022-03-04T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:02:40","slug":"ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-america-isnt-ready-for-whats-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-america-isnt-ready-for-whats-coming","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Dealt With Foreign Cyberattacks. America Isn\u2019t Ready for What\u2019s Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-america-isnt-ready-for-whats-coming2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet the United States lacks an organized response. The weekly reports of <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/03\/01\/nvidia-hackers-leak-ransomware\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware attacks and data breaches<\/a> make it clear that we\u2019re losing this battle. That\u2019s why America\u2019s leaders must rethink the current cyberdefense system and rally around a centralized regulator to defend both citizens and the private sector against current and future attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The decentralized nature of the American government does not lend itself to fighting foreign cyberthreats. Government agencies handle cyberregulation and threats in the sectors they oversee \u2014 an inefficient and ineffective way to address an issue that cuts across our entire economy. In just the past few months, the D.H.S.\u2019s Transportation Security Agency announced new cybersecurity requirements for <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/dhs-announces-new-cybersecurity-requirements-critical-pipeline-owners-and-operators\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pipelines<\/a> and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2021\/12\/02\/dhs-announces-new-cybersecurity-requirements-surface-transportation-owners-and\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">railroads<\/a>; the Federal Communications Commission put out its own <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/chair-rosenworcel-circulates-new-data-breach-reporting-requirements\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">proposal<\/a> for telecommunication companies; the Securities and Exchange Commission <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/news\/press-release\/2022-20\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">voted on<\/a> rules for investment advisers and funds; and the Federal Trade Commission <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/blogs\/techftc\/2022\/01\/ftc-warns-companies-remediate-log4j-security-vulnerability\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">threatened to legally pursue<\/a> companies that fail to fix a newly detected software vulnerability found in many business applications. And on Capitol Hill, there are approximately 80 committees and subcommittees <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/content-series\/the-5x5\/cybersecurity-and-the-117th-congress\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that claim jurisdiction<\/a> over various aspects of cyberregulation.<\/p>\n<p>These scattered efforts are unlikely to reduce, let alone stop, cybercrime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet the United States lacks an organized response. The weekly reports of ransomware attacks and data breaches make it clear that we\u2019re losing this battle. That\u2019s why America\u2019s leaders must rethink the current cyberdefense system and rally around a centralized regulator to defend both citizens and the private sector against current and future attacks. 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