How to Deter Multidimensional Threats in the Connected World

This blog post outlines a national-level framework to counter multidimensional threats in the connected world, noting increased ransomware activity, targeting of industrial control systems, foreign election interference, and adversaries’ growing use of generative AI. It proposes four pillars—improved analysis of emerging threats, enhanced information sharing, education and empowerment of communities, and protection through local threat management—to build public-private partnerships, strengthen local resilience, and enable rapid detection and coordinated responses to online-enabled criminal and violent activity.