Cybersecurity warnings: Will we ignore all of this?

[Commentary] Over the last six months, American senior officials have said the following about America’s posture vis-à-vis cybersecurity. Does anyone think we are doing enough on the cybersecurity front?

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), “People always ask me what keeps me up at night. It is a cyberattack against this nation that concerns me the most.” Admiral Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of US Cyber Command, in February, 2015: “I think it’s only a matter of time until we see destructive offensive actions taken against critical US infrastructure.”

[Jeffrey Eisenach is a Senior Vice President at NERA Economic Consulting]