Chinese Hacking Against Taiwan: A Blessing for the United States?

Is the the long-time threat of APTs to Taiwan a blessing in disguise?

The Diplomat
Date: January 23, 2018
By: Philip Hsu

Declaring that “cybersecurity is national security,” President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan inaugurated the Information Communication Electronic Force Command (ICEF) on June 29, 2017, formally establishing Taiwan’s “cyber fourth service.” The cyber fourth service, the first such independent military cyber command in the world, is the latest in a series of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) initiatives to improve Taiwan’s cybersecurity environment.

In August 2016, Taiwan’s Executive Yuan established the Department of Cybersecurity and subsequently released a new version of Taiwan’s Draft Cybersecurity Management Law. In addition, the government is pressing for the development of Taiwan’s cybersecurity industry as a driver of employment, economic growth and national security through a policy of “cyber autonomy.”    [FULL  STORY]