Take fight to the enemy, US cyber boss says

America is fed up with being the prime target for foreign hackers. So US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross says Uncle Sam is going on the offensive – he just isn't saying when.

Speaking at the Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Cairncross said his office is currently working on a new National Cyber Strategy document that he said will be short, to the point, and designed to pair policy with actions that go beyond improving defensive posture. He wants the US government, in cooperation with private industry, to start going after threat actors directly. 

"As a country we have not done a terrific job sending a signal to our adversaries that this behavior is not consequence-free," Cairncross said, adding that he wants the new National Cyber Strategy to introduce cost and consequences into the mix for America's adversaries that keep hitting US critical infrastructure.

Cairncross ...