Ex-NSA Director Touts Cybersecurity As A Service

By: Elena Malykhina  Posted on 10/2/2014
 
Former US Cyber Command and National Security Agency (NSA) head Gen. Keith Alexander delivered sobering messages about managing cyber risks at an event Tuesday. The amount of information worldwide is increasing at a colossal rate. Technology is updating approximately every two years. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2014 didn't exist in 2004, so today's students are preparing for jobs that don't yet exist and will use technologies that haven't yet been invented. Meanwhile, cyber threats are evolving and becoming more sophisticated.
Alexander, who now runs a firm called IronNet Cybersecurity, was the keynote speaker at the event hosted by PwC in New York City. In order to address the growing threats, Alexander said there needs to be cyber-security legislation, real-time or near-real-time situational awareness, and better training at the "defense" level.
 
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