Defending the Nation from Cyber Attack

Citation
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Defending the Nation from Cyber Attack (Oct. 11, 2012) (full-text).

Overview
Then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stated that "a cyber attack perpetrated by nation states [or] violent extremist groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11," and raised the prospect of a "cyber Pearl Harbor."