A Playbook for Winning the Cyber War: Part 6: Testing U.S. Policy Responses to Destructive Cyberattacks with Wargames

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What happens when the United States faces a deadly cyberattack? To find out, CSIS developed wargames that dropped U.S. policymakers in the middle of a high-stakes cyber crisis. The games revealed a dangerous gap: Policymakers have no coherent framework for thinking about cyber conflict. The United States cannot afford to wait for disaster to strike before confronting the hard choices of cyber conflict.

This report is made possible by project support from the Smith Richardson Foundation.

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Defense and Security, Cybersecurity, and Technology
Emily Harding

Emily Harding

Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program
Julia Dickson

Julia Dickson

Associate Fellow, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program
Aosheng Pusztaszeri

Aosheng Pusztaszeri

Research Associate, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

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