- Introduction
- Background:
- Current issues:
- Three National Security Challenges:
We are faced with three detrimental issues affecting our national security: cybersecurity; information sharing; and terrorism.
- Three Most Important National Security Challenges
- Cybersecurity:
- Protection of Critical Infrastructure
- Protection of Personal Data
- Stats
(i) Annual Attacks and Effects
(ii) Economic Burden
- Information Sharing:
- Inter-agencies Cooperation
- International Partnership
- Closing Intelligence Gap
- Terrorism:
- Cyberterrorism
- Foreign
- Domestic (Homegrown Violent Extremism)
III. Conclusion
- Summary:
- Recommendation:
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