Cyber Attacks And Mass-Casualty Terror Strikes Ranked Top Security Concerns For US In 2020 – By Byron Cayetano (IB Times) / Dec 19 2019
KEY POINTS
- Cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and election system seen as biggest security concern in 2020
- Terrorist attacks against U.S. and its allies come in second
- U.S. conflicts with North Korea, Iran and China ranked as having moderate likelihood
A cyberattack on the United States’ critical infrastructure including the electoral system was ranked as biggest homeland-security related concern for 2020 by experts polled by The Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action (CPA).
The experts also rated more threats as likely to require a U.S. military response in 2020 than in any of the Preventive Priorities Survey’s last 11 years. Thirteen conflicts were identified as top priorities for the United States.
The report was based on the perspectives of foreign policy experts who were asked to rank 30 of the ongoing and developing conflicts around the world.
As expected, U.S.-related threats top the list. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, there is good reason for U.S. homeland security to look out for these potential threat.
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