ABSTRACT
Corporations, large and small, are subject to hackers and are clearly being attacked, if not on a daily basis, very regularly. Some of the attacks are enormous, proportions affecting tens of millions of customers whose privacy is clearly violated. How corporations respond to cybersecurity is critical. The extraordinary importance cuts across tactical and strategic considerations. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that cyber threats are the primary focal point of corporations today. The reality is that corporations are under attack daily and profoundly, with significant impact and consequences that are short term and long term. The image of surprise is expressly compounded when recognizing that an attack on a corporation is seemingly an attack on the nation-state. Conversations with law enforcement officials emphasize that cybercrime is profoundly distinct from both traditional cops and robbers and conventional terrorism. For law enforcement, cybercrime represents a distinctly different crime model posing complex and complicated challenges.
