Why the China cyber threat demands an airtight public-private response

According to Jen Easterly, director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), China’s cyber threat represents a significant risk to US security. Recent years have seen high-profile cyber security breaches linked to Chinese actors, including attacks on American infrastructure aiming to deter US involvement in Asia. Despite efforts to increase collaboration between public and private sectors, establishing a proactive defense system remains difficult due to the nature of the decentralized approach to cybersecurity in the US. It is important for America to go beyond rhetorical strategies, instead embracing robust public-private collaboration to effectively combat cyber threats.