The RUSI Journal Volume 159, Issue 5, 2014 *OMG Cyber!** **Thirteen Reasons Why Hype Makes for Bad Policy** * Robert M Lee & Thomas Rid *Abstract** *For many austerity-hit Western countries, the defence budget has been a prime target for significant cuts. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in the United States. Yet one element of the Pentagon's budget continues to grow: cyber. High-profile security breaches at the corporate level and reports of cyber-espionage at the national level seemingly justify the vast sums involved in ensuring cyber-security. However, Robert M Lee and Thomas Rid argue that ‘cyber-angst’ is damaging – and self-serving. In this article, they list thirteen reasons why such cyber-security hype is counterproductive. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2014.969932