Gosler’s is not a lone voice. James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, warned Congress in February 2015 that cyberattacks pose a greater long-term threat to national security than terrorism. Gosler wants the United States, with the government in the lead role and the private sector supporting it, to take on a massive effort to provide cyberdefense that protects the United States but also much of the rest of the world.

