2016_INSERT_1_CYBER_6.PDF

CYBER: A GROWING AND PERSISTENT THREAT
AS 
our world becomes more digitally interconnected, 
securing our Nation’s networks, communications, 
and data is exponentially more challenging. While the 
Internet has become an engine for social change and 
economic prosperity, it has also introduced new cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities, threats, and targets for hacktivists, criminal 
elements, as well as our Nation’s adversaries. 
The threat actors that engage in targeted, malicious cyber 
attacks against the U.S. continue to expand and evolve, 
defeating security measures and detection technology, 
in…