Posted on 10/07/2016 8:55:13 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
Cybersecurity is a huge concern for the CIA in today's world. At a panel during a recent CIA-George Washington University conference, several panelists from the CIA, the U.S. Naval Academy and cybersecurity consulting firms discussed the implications of hacking and encryption.
Chris Darby, who is the president and CEO of the consulting firm In-Q-Tel, believed that cybersecurity is "not a U.S. conversation anymore" due to the international aspect of cybersecurity or cyberterrorism. He advised that Americans "have to get comfortable with that and take the appropriate steps to deal with it." Too often, Darby said, "We tend to look at what would have to be encrypted," ranging from cell phones, mobile devices, and tag-and-track-locating requirements.
Andrew Hallman, deputy director of Digital Innovation at the CIA, said that too many people in the workforce are not digitally literate. "[We must] elevate the digital literacy of the entire workforce" in America in order to protect ourselves digitally. Recent cybersecurity issues "reflect the real complexity of the world as we know it."
Chris Inglis, a visiting professor in Cyber Security Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, believed that public perception makes cybersecurity tougher. "We want defensible systems that are well defended [today]," Inglis said, and the reality is that this is "really hard to do." He admitted that the American people and their government have a trust deficit, which "[Edward] Snowden didn't make that any easier" to bridge.
Dr. Jason Matheny, director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, spoke about the emerging field of synthetic biology and how technology continues to grow in this field. He circled back to encryption, "This is an opportunity...[of] how to use other data besides that which is encrypted."
Matt Olsen, president of consulting at IronNet and former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said that today's encryption discussion is "a watershed moment." However, the current animosity about encryption and the federal government makes it tougher to discuss details and move forward in encryption.
There’s a “humor” category you can tag stories like this with.
Citizens of the US have more to worry about from our governed than other governments.
Apples and oranges.
Having defensible systems that people cannot hack into, is one thing. Snowden had little to no involvement in this topic.
Having government agencies spy on innocent Americans and violate their constitutional rights millions of times a day, is another thing. Snowden was involved in this, he got sick over this, and he decided to tell people about this.
Trust deficit?
Sure -- because the US government treats US citizens as the enemy. The government watches you more closely than it watches the Russians.
You want defensible systems?
Fine. Good topic. It might be easier to achieve that if you focused on defensible systems rather than on spying on Americans.
Hmm.
Start by cutting off the entire organization from the Internet?
So, are they supporting Hillary Clinton for President?
Cyber security concerns everyone, it costs untold billions of dollars every year, yet I have never heard it raised as an issue in a presidential campaign. Not once. Ever. We’re too busy talking about fat beauty queens and tax returns.
I should clarify: by “cyber security” I am not referring just to hacking as it relates to national security, but as it relates to everyone, as with identity theft.
It should! Because We the People are learning just how corrupt out government is!
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