Threat profileUnited States
The US is globally an unmatched nation when it comes to its cyber capabilities. Furthermore, it has the most developed big-tech and cyber security industry, resulting in having both a strong defense market and intelligence position. Together with the support of advanced capital markets and other stakeholders such as the academic sector, investments in high-tech advancements are higher than in any other nation. In summary, the US can be considered the world's innovation engine when it comes to offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.
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- Strategic motives: Espionage, information theft, disruption
- Strategic goals: Maintaining superiority in cyberspace by defending forward and persistent engagement
- Cyber capabilities: ★★★★★
- Number of known cyber operations: ★☆☆☆☆
- Number of APTs: 9
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Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats
Strengths
- Most sophisticated cyber capabilities in the world
- Well-developed set of cyber-related strategies
- Large budget for strategy execution by government departments with cyber capabilities
- Close cooperation with private and academic sector
- Mature high-tech, cyber security and defence sectors in combination with strong capital markets fuelling investments in R&D
- Multiple government departments and agencies with sophisticated cyber capabilities
Weaknesses
- Difficulties in effective coordination between stakeholders due to large size and high level of complexity
- Lengthy approval processes for offensive cyber operations that delays cyber responses
Opportunities
- Developing cyber capabilities through cooperation with the private and academic sectors
- Maintaining strong global intelligence position through multiple strategic partnerships
- Maintaining superiority in cyberspace by investing in emerging cyber-related technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence and quantum computing)
- Disrupting adversaries' opportunities by defending forward and persistent engagement
Threats
- Large attack surface as its critical infrastructure is largely intertwined with cyberspace
- Continuously under attack from both nation states and non-nation states actors
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