Three Most Important National Security Challenges Facing the United States

  1. Introduction
  2. Background:
  3. Current issues:
  4. Three National Security Challenges:

We are faced with three detrimental issues affecting our national security: cybersecurity;               information sharing; and terrorism.

 

 

  1. Three Most Important National Security Challenges
  2. Cybersecurity:
  3. Protection of Critical Infrastructure
  4. Protection of Personal Data
  5. Stats

(i)  Annual Attacks and Effects

(ii) Economic Burden

  1. Information Sharing:
  2. Inter-agencies Cooperation
  3. International Partnership
  4. Closing Intelligence Gap
  5. Terrorism:
  6. Cyberterrorism
  7. Foreign
  8. Domestic (Homegrown Violent Extremism)

 

 

III. Conclusion

  1. Summary:
  2. Recommendation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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