Ensuring the Cybersecurity and Resilience of the Defense Industrial Base

In a recent commentary, Erica Borghard and Shawn Lonergan of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission argue that cyber-enabled intellectual property theft from the Defense Industrial Base and adversary penetration of DIB networks and systems pose an existential threat to U.S. national security. They describe this as “a compelling example of a cross-domain challenge that lies at the intersection of cyberspace and conventional domains of warfare,” and warn that it “could even provide insights or access points that enable adversaries to thwart or manipulate the intended functioning of key weapons and systems designed and manufactured within the DIB.”