In March 2020, the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission released its report detailing numerous recommendations for how the nation can strengthen its online infrastructure and overall security posture. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission tackled issues of security strategy and overall cybersecurity preparedness across both the private and public sectors in the U.S. Though its recommendations were largely directed at Congress, their scope and potential effects span all branches of government as well as private industry.
In particular, the report highlights three types of threats directed at the private sector:
Cyber crimes that are perpetrated for financial gain
Intellectual property theft
Interference with private-sector-run critical infrastructure during times of conflict
While some of the pillars and key recommendations of the report focus on government cybersecurity, others squarely involve the private sector and are of significant relevance and interest to enterprises. These points include recommendations around promoting national resilience, especially in such a way as to “operationalize cybersecurity collaboration with the private sector.” The following are four recommendations laid out in the report.
Focus on Deterrence
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission report emphasizes the government’s commitment to deterrence in cyberspace through a layered strategy that combines enhanced resilience and attribution with stronger signaling. The report describes three components of this strategy:
Shaping behavior to promote the responsible use of cyberspace
Denying benefits of cyberattacks to adversaries
Imposing costs on adversaries who launch cyberattacks at targets in the U.S.
While the government will play a major role in implementing that deterrence strategy, the report also calls out the ne ..
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