From everything I've learned about security, offense is much, much more effective dollar for dollar and that any concerted effort of creating an impenetrable

From everything I've learned about security, offense is much, much more effective dollar for dollar and that any concerted effort of creating an impenetrable shield would result in a cyber Maginot Line. An all out cyber war would be scary as there isn't any procedure or policy for descalation once started, no white flag. What's especially scary is that the government wastes all this time and money surveillaning people's online habits when the electric grid, probably the number one target in the event of a cyber war, is so defenseless that a squirrel can effectively take out electricity for the Eastern seaboard.