Security News > 2022 > October > NSA urges enterprises to watch China, Taiwan tensions

Tensions between the US, China, and Taiwan have far-reaching impacts beyond semiconductor saber-rattling and trade restrictions.

NSA Director of Cybersecurity Rob Joyce has some critical lessons on how companies can withstand an escalation in China-Taiwan tensions and what such conflicts matter in the first place.

"We had advance warning of the Russia invasion" of Ukraine, said Joyce during a keynote at Mandiant's mWISE security conference today.

"What does it mean in a China and Taiwan conflict?".

"Put China and Taiwan instead. It's a scary thought, right? But it's something you need to consider. It's a non-zero change. Look at the tensions in recent months, how they escalated and changed."

Conflicts go global quickly and "The consequences of their cyber actions transcend international borders," Joyce said.

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