Defining a Cybersecurity Strategy for the Defence Industrial Base
ntellectual Property (IP) theft in the Defence Technological and Industrial and Base (DTIB) has become a critical strategic issue for NATO allies and partners. In an alarming U.S. Navy report on Cybersecurity Readiness published in April 2019, it was highlighted that, against a backdrop of declining U.S. military and technological dominance, now ‘every differentiating idea or intellectual product gained or lost is material’ and ‘will have compounding effects in [military] advantage or disadvantage’.