How Public & Private Sectors Can Better Align Cyber Defense

This commentary frames cybercrime as an escalating national-security threat caused in part by fragmented public–private coordination and unclear federal leadership; it calls for faster incident response, unified data collection and sharing, streamlined policy, scalable government–industry task forces, and exploration of offensive options ("hacking back"). The piece references recent high-profile incidents and a March 2024 FDD recommendation to create a stand-alone military Cyber Force as context for why these reforms are needed.