PATRICK DUGAN: What The White House Cyber Strategy Misses

The White House strategy for national cyberdefense is like fighting a land war in Asia. The assumption that deterrence works against the real adversary we will fight is dead wrong — not because our diplomats aren’t clever enough, but because the real enemy can’t be reasoned with, can’t be bargained with, doesn’t feel pain or fear, and absolutely will not stop until it wins (Kyle Reese called it).