The cyber ecosystem is changing faster than ever, creating new attack surfaces and increasing the challenge of defending against new and evolving threats. The fast-changing landscape requires new ways of thinking and approaches to protect environments that spread across on-premise and cloud infrastructures and connect IT with OT (operational technology) systems.
Just accepting that the expansion of the ecosystem – and the growing presence of technology in our lives – will increase risk isn’t good enough. This is a point (ISC)2 CEO David Shearer made clear at the kickoff of the organization’s Security Congress 2019 this week in Orlando. We cannot accept the idea that “expansion of the cloud must expose us to greater risk instead of greater opportunity,” he said. “As technology becomes more and more prevalent, so too must cybersecurity.”
Of course, developing cybersecurity tools and policies to keep up with new threats is not an easy task. But there is also opportunity in the expansion of the cyber ecosystem, said Curtis Keliiaa, Senior Network Engineer and Principal Investigator at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories.
As new standards such as the IPv6 (Internet Protocol, version 6) specification and the 5G cellular network take hold, the opportunity arises for introducing security controls upfront, Keliiaa said. Both IPv6 and 5G will require the implementation of new hardware, applications and security. Referring specifically to IPv6 during a session on the evolving cyber landscape, he said: “Right now, we have a chance to build security like we never have. Now we know how bad the cyber problem is,” he said.
Data is the focus, he said. As ..
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