Question

Do you think governments are behind when it comes to hackers and cyber-warfare? If so, what will it take for them to catch up?
Do you think peer-to-peer security is part of the answer? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes , according to me governments are behind when it comes to hackers and cyber-warfare because the difficulty in securing critical infrastructures is partly due to the divergence of interests between the private and public sectors.It’s true governments have always faced an uphill battle against cyberattacks.Governments should work to understand how the world has changed and is changing,and what their role(s) should be within this new environment of increasing interconnectedness and interdependency.

For governments to be successfulin this new environment, their remit must transcend their historical regulatory role. They must now tackle how they can best assist the private sector to invest in security (facilitation), and how public and private sectors can work together to improve the current state of security (collaboration).

Talking about peer to peer network, i will say yes its one of major problem because we all are just focusing on the pros of P2P netwrok. We all must think about the cons too. There are various threats that are caused due to P2P network. The first one is " Distributed Denial-of-Service ". A DDoS attack involves multiple connected online devices, collectively , which are used to overwhelm a target website with fake traffic. Another approach towards attacking a P2P network is to inject useless data (poison) into the system. Since P2P networks must implement a lookup service in some way, whether it be a centralized directory or a DHT, an attacker can inject large amounts of useless lookup key-value pairs into the index.

So, if the government works smartly and if they stay focused on various sectors , then definitely hacking and cyber -warfare can decrease and the government will win over cyber crimes.