On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discusses Russia’s cyber operations in Ukraine, the kind of offensive cyber operations the US intelligence expects Russia to execute against American government, infrastructure and industry, what companies can do to protect themselves, prioritizing defenses, what lawmakers have to do over the coming months, and how to hold Russia to account for its misdeeds; and Michael Kofman, who heads the Russia team at the Center for Naval Analyses, discusses the kinds of capabilities Vladimir Putin will demonstrate in invading Ukraine, the nature and goals of the invasion, whether there will be a nuclear messaging dimension to the conflict, and the importance of regarding Russia as a long-term threat to US and international stability with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
