When it comes to cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, election systems and businesses, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) believes the United States is “woefully unprepared” to handle threats from nation-states and others.
“We don’t have our act together at all,” Warner said at March 12 panel at South by Southwest. “We don’t have a whole of government strategy… There needs to be a much greater sense of urgency.”
Warner added this unpreparedness “goes back a decade-plus,” and pointed to America’s $700 billion in annual defense spending — by far the most in the world — with proposed decreases in non-defense-specific research and development dollars and without a current cyber warfare doctrine.
