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The SolarWinds hack was all but inevitable – why national cyber defense is a 'wicked' problem and what can be done about it

  • Written by Terry Thompson, Adjunct Instructor in Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins University
The SolarWinds hack was all but inevitable – why national cyber defense is a 'wicked' problem and what can be done about itMilitary units like the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade shown here are just one component of U.S. national cyber defense.Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office/Flickr

Takeaways:

· There are no easy solutions to shoring up U.S. national cyber defenses.

· Software supply chains are vulnerable to hackers.

· Many U.S....

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