In his leading role in the Consortium for Emerging Technologies, Military Operations, and National Security at ASU, Fulton Schools Professor Brad Allenby (pictured giving a lecture) has studied the transitions from traditional warfare and on a battlefield to conflicts in which aggressors use cyberspace to weaken or undermine the infrastructure, societal cohesion and culture of opponents. Allenby says this new form of war makes the expertise of civil engineers more vital in helping societies protect their critical infrastructure — both physical and cyber infrastructure — to defend themselves against enemies. Designing, building, operating, and maintaining infrastructure to reduce vulnerability to cyber attacks should today be a required standard of performance in the engineering profession, he says.