The Sony Pictures Hack: The Government's Role, National Security, and the Way Ahead

Abstract

The unprecedented 2014 cyber attack against Sony Pictures highlighted how vulnerable corporate infrastructure is to both sophisticated and relatively unsophisticated cyber effects-based operations. Without comprehensive regulatory measures to force more serious security measures, the private network infrastructure most of the government and military communications traverse will remain vulnerable to both advanced persistent threats and less sophisticated threat actors. This paper considers the Sony Pictures cyber attack from the perspective of its national security impact and attempts to recommend a way ahead to begin addressing the issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2018
Accession Number
AD1062026

Entities

People

  • Kurt Shulkitas

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Persistent Threat
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Security
  • United States

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control