Governments' shortcomings in monitoring their IT networks and protecting against cybercriminals could increase tensions between nations as attacks are speculated to originate from certain sources. According to an expert, the inability of governments to quickly and correctly identify cyber attack perpetrators can lead to finger-pointing between countries, negatively impacting political relations. The expert recommends governments adopt new policies centered around continuously monitoring IT networks with deep forensic analysis of data to effectively mitigate attacks and accurately attribute them, removing the possibility of politicians wrongly accusing rival nations when attacks occur.

2. BCS - Shortcomings in the methods
employed by governments to
monitor their IT networks and
protect against cyber criminals could
lead to increased tensions between
nations as speculation grows over
the source of specific attacks.
According to Ross Brewer, vice
president and managing director of
international markets at LogRhythm,
the inability of governments to
quickly and correctly identify the
perpetrators of cyber attacks against
its networks can lead to finger-
pointing, which could have a
negative effect on political relations
between countries.

3. Writing for SC Magazine, Mr
Brewer says governments need to
adopt new policies centred on the
"continuous monitoring of IT
networks" in order to enable "deep
forensic analysis of growing
amounts of data".
This way, "cyber attacks [can] be
effectively mitigated and
accurately attributed", removing
the possibility of politicians
wrongly accusing rival nations
when attacks occur.
In order to achieve this,
governments may have to adopt
Big Data analytics, rather than
continuing with simple "perimeter
defences".