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M2D1: Cyber Threat to U.S. National Security

Module 2

Cyber issues pose several threats to U.S. National Security.  In the readings for this module and the Harknett and Stever article from Module 1, these threats are discussed and potential policy options explored. This activity is designed to have you begin the process of balancing the threats with the resources available to then generate the policy responses.  This is the classic challenge in strategy formulation of ends, ways, and means where the ends are your strategic objectives, the ways are the policies you will implement to get to the ends, and the means are the resources you have available to execute the ways.

As always be mindful of plagiarism.  The Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.) and Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external site.) are available for assistance.

The module learning outcomes addressed in this activity are:

·        Describe cyber threats to U.S. national security including critical infrastructure, espionage, economic disruption, and criminal activity.

Question

After completing the assigned readings for the module, please respond to the following question in your initial post:

·        Identify and explain the three most significant cyber threats to U.S. national security.  Using the course readings and additional scholarly material justify your choices and rank order.

As always be mindful of plagiarism.  The Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.) and Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external site.) are available for assistance.

Use the EC Library resources for research assistance and to properly cite your work:

·        Military Leadership Research Guide (Links to an external site.)

·        National Security Research Guide (Links to an external site.)

·        Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)

·        Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)

·        APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)

·        Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL)