Jordain Carney writes terror attacks came in as the second greatest area of concern, close to 20 percentage points below cyber.
“The magnitude of the cyber problem, combined with declining budgets, will challenge the nation for years to come,” Vago Muradian, editor of Defense News, was quoted as saying in the report.
Questions covered variety of other defense issues, including respondentsâ perceptions on the decreased Pentagon budget, debate over the governmentâs intelligence activities and policy on the leadership structure at NSA and Cyber Command.
The November 2013 poll surveyed Defense News subscribers who identified themselves as officials from the DoD and members of the military, congressional and White House staff.