E360 - Dominating the Digital Space: The Fight for National Resilience

This episode unpacks a bold new strategy from the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security, arguing that the U.S. must undertake a "whole-of-society" mobilization akin to World War II to counter persistent cyber aggression. We discuss the proposed shift to "Integrated Resilience," which focuses defense efforts on the five most critical infrastructure sectors—power, water, telecoms, finance, and healthcare—while mandating real-time threat visibility to prevent cascading failures. The conversation also covers the creation of a National Cyber Operations Team (NCOT), a "team-of-teams" designed to integrate private-sector talent with military command to scale offensive capabilities and achieve "Analytic Supe...