Opinion by Michael Chertoff and N. MacDonnell Ulsch
April 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EDT
Michael Chertoff is executive chairman of the Chertoff Group, chair of Freedom House and a former secretary of homeland security. N. MacDonnell Ulsch is the founder of Ulsch Cyber Advisory, guest lecturer at the U.S. Military Academy and a Boston College research fellow.
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