The May ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline exposed the countrys significant vulnerability to cyberthreats. The attack triggered new federal cybersecurity regulations for the pipeline industry and a presidential executive order on cyber defenses. Security leaders are looking to the U.S. government to step up countermeasures to thwart the volume, velocity, and resulting losses of these foreign-backed attacks. Security experts acknowledge that there’s no consensus on what exact steps the government should take and under what circumstances. Some security leaders say they neither want or expect the government to respond to every attack.”]