McMaster argues cyber defense must assume breaches will occur and focus on resilience and recovery capabilities.
“Something may get through. But once it gets through, what have you built in terms of resilience and the ability to recover and restore operations?”
McMaster says government cannot handle all cyber threats and private sector solutions must be encouraged.
“So I I think that encouraging those kind of private sector solutions because the government there's no way the government can do it all, and I defer to some of our real cyber experts here.”