Can ‘cyber-deterrence’ keep us safe from cyberattacks?

Edition: US - Today's top story: Cybersecurity's next phase: Cyber-deterrence [Click here to view this message in your web-browser]. Edition: US 13 December 2016 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair] Editor's note For decades, deterrence has prevented nuclear war from breaking out. Not only were many countries and groups prevented from having nuclear weapons: Even those countries that did have nukes knew that if they used them, the response would be devastating. Faced with a newer and growing threat of cyberattack, might a similar combination of strategies, denial and punishment, effectively reduce the danger? As Dorothy Denning, a defense analysis scholar at the Naval Postgraduate School, writes, the short answer may be “Yes.” But the long answer shows [we will have to think very differently] about who attackers are, what they want and how they operate. And the death last week of pioneering astronaut John Glenn has rekindled interest in the early days of the American space program. Historian Roshanna Sylvester has studied fan mail Glenn received from schoolgirls in the 1960s; [their space dreams were sadly out of step] with what NASA was willing to allow women at the time. Jeff Inglis Editor, Science + Technology Top story Can we reduce the likelihood of digital attacks? Digital defense via shutterstock.com [Cybersecurity's next phase: Cyber-deterrence] Dorothy Denning, Naval Postgraduate School For decades, deterrence has effectively countered the threat of nuclear weapons. Can we achieve similar results against cyber weapons? Science + Technology - ['Even though I am a girl...': John Glenn's fan mail and sexism in the early space program] Roshanna Sylvester, DePaul University Letters from would-be girl astronauts in the 1960s tell part of the complicated story of sexism – in both NASA and the US at large – at the dawn of the space age. Environment + Energy - [The US environmental movement needs a new message] Nives Dolsak, University of Washington; Aseem Prakash, University of Washington Most Americans care about the environment, but they didn't vote that way this year. Two political scientists urge the movement to build better connections with blue-collar workers and immigrants. Arts + Culture - [The emerging science of 'bromosexual' friendships] Eric Russell, University of Texas Arlington; Marjorie Prokosch, Texas Christian University; Raymond McKie, Wilfrid Laurier University Could gay guys be the ultimate wing men for their straight, male friends? Politics + Society - [1990s Oregon campaigns anticipated Trump's politics of division] Arlene Stein, Rutgers University A professor takes us back more than 20 years, to when struggling white working-class voters in Oregon were convinced that a conservative social agenda would help bring back timber jobs. Education - [Why kids who have trouble behaving in preschool fall behind] Janelle J. Montroy, The University of Texas Medical Branch; Ryan Bowles, Michigan State University Children who aren't ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help. Health + Medicine - [The link between Parkinson's disease and gut bacteria] Patrick Lewis, University of Reading A mouse study suggests that Parkinson's might start in the gut and later spread to the brain. - [Black Americans may be more resilient to stress than white Americans] Shervin Assari, University of Michigan It seems that vulnerability is a cost of privilege, and resilience comes as a result of adversity. [The Conversation on Twitter] [The Conversation on Facebook] You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation]. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe instantly]. We’ll miss you. 745 Atlantic Ave. 8th Floor Boston, MA 02111