We propose a multi-prong plan.
1. The U.S. should first put North Korea back on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. NK was taken off the list in 2008 during George Bush's presidency, but putting it back on the list would be a better deterrence against North Korea. It solidifies that the U.S. sees them as potential terrorists and will impose strict sanctions on them.
2. Following this step, the U.S. should impose more sanctions on North Korea to show that we will retaliate if they cyber attack the U.S..
3. These cyber-attacks show a security breach, revealing that the U.S. needs to improve it's defensive measures. To improve America's cyberdefenses, the U.S. must change the dispersed authority shared among the White House and five departments that create an unorganized system. To strengthen this, the U.S. should allow private sectors to actively put up forms of self defense on cyberspace. The government can share threats with major private sectors that can effectively help protect our cyberspace from attacks. This will strengthen our defense system.
4. Also, our training of personnel working with cyber-attacks should improve as well. With an increase in the number and level of training the personnel receives, our defensive system will be stronger and prevent future cyberattacks North Korea may impose on us.
5. Lastly, the best deterrent would be to press China, where most North Korean hackers are suspected to be, to communicate to North Korea that it does not approve of such cyberattacks. Using U.S. relations with China to push China to threaten China's relations with North Korea would deter NK from attacking the US again.
1. The U.S. should first put North Korea back on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. NK was taken off the list in 2008 during George Bush's presidency, but putting it back on the list would be a better deterrence against North Korea. It solidifies that the U.S. sees them as potential terrorists and will impose strict sanctions on them.
2. Following this step, the U.S. should impose more sanctions on North Korea to show that we will retaliate if they cyber attack the U.S..
3. These cyber-attacks show a security breach, revealing that the U.S. needs to improve it's defensive measures. To improve America's cyberdefenses, the U.S. must change the dispersed authority shared among the White House and five departments that create an unorganized system. To strengthen this, the U.S. should allow private sectors to actively put up forms of self defense on cyberspace. The government can share threats with major private sectors that can effectively help protect our cyberspace from attacks. This will strengthen our defense system.
4. Also, our training of personnel working with cyber-attacks should improve as well. With an increase in the number and level of training the personnel receives, our defensive system will be stronger and prevent future cyberattacks North Korea may impose on us.
5. Lastly, the best deterrent would be to press China, where most North Korean hackers are suspected to be, to communicate to North Korea that it does not approve of such cyberattacks. Using U.S. relations with China to push China to threaten China's relations with North Korea would deter NK from attacking the US again.