Ex-National Security Chief Advises on Fighting Cyber Threats

Former national security adviser General James L. Jones Jr. considers insider threats the greatest vulnerability to businesses operating in cyberspace. Dealing with the risk should be a priority, he says, and the U.S. should forge an international cybersecurity consensus.

Jones headed the Obama administration’s National Security Council from 2009 to 2010. He is a former NATO commander and former commandant of the Marine Corps who retired from the service in 2007. He discussed his views on the growing threats in cyberspace in remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Oct. 6 and in an interview with Bloomberg Government.

Jones’ ...