The world is becoming more dangerous and American businesses are increasingly on the front lines. Cyberattacks, terrorism, sabotage, geopolitical tensions, and economic instability no longer remain overseas; they now pose direct and growing risks to the U.S. homeland. In this new era, where private companies must navigate a constant churn of global threats, traditional corporate approaches to security are falling short. To adapt, businesses must rethink their approach to security and resilience, drawing lessons from the U.S. government’s National Security Council (NSC) system, which the government has used to coordinate responses to global instability for nearly 80 years.
Cyberattacks
Last year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a cybersecurity advisory on Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group pre-positioning on IT networks to disrupt or destroy U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a conflict between the two nations. In contrast to many cyberattacks, Volt Typhoon does not seek to steal information or blackmail its victims. Instead, its mission is to plant ticking time bombs in our infrastructure. They happen to be…
