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Presidential Candidates Must Articulate Decisive Cybersecurity Plans
Posted Dec 21, 2015 by Ben Johnson (@chicagoben)
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Ben Johnson is the chief security strategist at Bit9 + Carbon Black.
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Traditionally, physical security and cybersecurity have been considered
two separate entities. The cybersecurity threat, while significant, was
often relegated to the sphere of enterprises, individual privacy,
intellectual property loss and financial theft. Physical security, on
the other hand, meant potential risk to human safety and lives — and
was naturally taken more seriously.
Initial investigation indicates that no encryption was used in planning
the terrible Paris attacks. Regardless, these events have given new
life to the discussion of how cyber means can serve as conduits for
planning physical attacks. This discussion signifies a major sea
change, in that cybersecurity and physical security have now
effectively overlapped.
The cyber world levels the battlefield such that instead of military
might, all you need is an Internet connection and an agenda to take on
the mightiest nations on earth. In fact, if criminals have cyber access
to a system or facility, physical security precautions can quickly be
rendered useless.
In this new world, physical security is often at risk without an eye
toward cybersecurity and effective monitoring. Our ability to monitor
and gather intelligence in the cyber realm has to be agile enough to
keep up with the speed and trends of new technologies and media forms
that will inevitably be used for malicious means.
And yet, cybersecurity issues have been noticeably absent from most
presidential candidate talking points. Beyond the increased
physical/cyber connection — which is the most urgent — I predict the
growth of several additional cyber-related threats in the coming year,
which the candidates must understand and address as part of their
comprehensive cybersecurity agendas. These include:
Ransomware Will Hit Mobile Phones. Imagine your mobile device is
suddenly locked with no access to your data, and you’re forced to pay
hackers to get a key. That’s ransomware, and in 2016 it will move into
mobile phones.
Wearables And The IoT (Internet Of Things) Increase Mobile
Threats. 2015’s big excitement over watches and IoT-connected devices
has the potential to create a whole new set of security
vulnerabilities, ripe for hacker attacks.
Security Talent Brain Drain. Cybersecurity is growing fast, and more
dollars are pouring in, but the talent to make it all work is not
keeping up. This shortage will lead to gaps in security, making
organizations more vulnerable.
Anything Of Monetary Value Is Fair Game. The most visible threats of
2015 were against companies whose data could be turned into monetary
gain. This will increase, with healthcare the most vulnerable industry,
based on its lack of investment in security.
Citizens should be insisting that candidates clearly outline
decisive plans for harnessing growing cyber threats.
I’m not suggesting that government leaders are ignoring the serious
cybersecurity threats facing us. In fact, Hilary Clinton’s recent bid
to Silicon Valley was a good start. But so far, the measures they’ve
put in place have proven ineffective. Privacy issues aside, the recent
Senate-approved CISA bill may help in analyzing breaches post-mortem,
but it does very little to impede attacks before the fact.
Then there was the sham of the “Cyber Peace Treaty” White House meeting
with China’s President Xi Jinping. This gesture was purely symbolic, as
it only mandates that the two governments may not sponsor hacking,
leaving much room for potential abuse. Currently, there’s no evidence
that cyberattacks waned after this treaty.
It’s time for all U.S. citizens to require the candidates to
acknowledge the U.S. is on the verge of losing the cyber war. Citizens
should also be insisting that candidates clearly outline decisive plans
for harnessing growing cyber threats, which increasingly threaten the
safety of our nation and our people. And we all need to consider these
plans before casting our votes. As citizens, it is our responsibility
to not wait for a future event in order to start demanding answers.
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