After an impressive performance by Kevin K.O. Olusola to open the RSA Conference keynotes in San Francisco on April 17 2018, Rohit Ghai, President of RSA Security, presented an optimistic view of the industry, explaining why he believes cybersecurity is getting better, not worse.
“The headlines of last year are a reminder that unprecedented digital risk exists, and it casts a dark shadow over whether what we’ve done over the last several decades matters at all,” he said. “It absolutely does matter − cybersecurity is getting better, not worse.”
He argued that the cybersecurity industry concentrates too much on hacker advances rather than its own advances. “Let’s talk about the future of security, not the future of threats,” he said. “Our security community is getting stronger and moving faster.”
The New York Times aren’t going to cover how technology has managed to stop a huge data breach, and there’s a reason for that, explained Ghai. “After all, we don’t want to reveal the details of our security posture.
“We can, however, celebrate our success as a community. We need to focus on the cybersecurity silver linings – do more of what’s working and do it faster.”
Paying attention to the psychology of defense, not just the technology of defense is crucial, advised Ghai. “The spirit of the defender matters as much as the shield.”
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