Why Empowering Private Companies to Fight Cybercrime Had to Happen
Abstract
[OPINION]
Technology, especially in cyberspace, is rapidly shifting the center point of national security from the public to the private sector. For decades, the borderless, predominantly civilian-owned and civilian-operated environment of cyberspace has placed individuals and companies on the front lines of cybercrime and conflict, while the government has struggled to keep pace with the speed and scale of these threats.
External Links
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/27/empowering-private-companies-fight-cybercrime-was-inevitable/
Source Publication
Washington Post
Repository Citation
Gary Corn,
Why Empowering Private Companies to Fight Cybercrime Had to Happen,
Wash. Post
(2026).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/688