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The Next Battlefield
The Reality of Virtual Threats by Michael Vatis
Global Catastrophe, Vol. 28 (3) - Fall 2006 Issue
Michael Vatis is currently a partner in the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP. He served as Executive Director of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Director of the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College.
Who Will Lead?The pace of technology continues to increase, while the US government seems less and less capable of dealing with complicated issues quickly. The prospect of the federal government dealing with these issues anytime soon—particularly with crises ongoing in Iraq, North Korea, and Iran—is very small. But the United States must not repeat the mistake of waiting until a devastating attack before it takes cyber warfare seriously. 
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