The Slow Drain on America (Part II): Espionage, China, and American Business
Previously I addressed America's increasing awareness of the associated risks in cyber and digital systems, yet so many commercial businesses still lack hardened security programs capable of protecting sensitive information. Espionage between nation-states has taken a popular new form over the last decade and civilian America is slow to understand this new phenomenon of spying tactics. Commercial businesses and government has fallen in love with the advantages of new technology but due to the preference of ease of data that tech brings, many still hesitate to address this new set of problems and vulnerabilities our technology systems present. The reality is today that cyber-crime and cyber-espionage are big business opportunities for individuals and nation-states. This new form of espionage is affecting the economic and political relationships between countries and has changed the shape of modern warfare to become full of sneaky and canvassed attacks; many times going completely u...