Why our lack of understanding on China may be the biggest risk

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/2597397/advanced-persistent-threats/why-our-lack-of-understanding-on-china-may-be-the-biggest-risk.html

By George V. Hulme
CSO
Aug 25, 2014

If you don’t understand the capabilities and motivations of your 
adversaries – you can’t expect to be very successful in managing your 
relationship with them, negotiating, or defending against their 
advancements.

This is especially true today when it comes to nation-state cyber threats, 
according to Lt. Col. (ret) William Hagestad II. Hagestad spoke as the 
opening keynote this week past weekend at the security conference BSides 
MSP, held just outside of Minneapolis.

If your organization doesn’t understand the nature of the information 
security and intellectual property threats that face enterprises today, 
and how to defend IT systems, data, and intellectual property – the years 
upcoming are liable to be very jarring.

While Hagestad is a widely known expert on Chinese cyber conflict 
capabilities, and has written two books on the subject, "21st Century 
Chinese Cyber Warfare” (2012) and "Operation Middle Kingdom: China's Use 
of Computers & Networks as a Weapon System” (2013) – his core message this 
week is that the U.S.’s lack of understanding of what or who China is and 
how to deal with the nation may actually be its biggest risk when it comes 
to the growing power.

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