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Cyber Minds

By : Shira Rubinoff
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Cyber Minds

By: Shira Rubinoff

Overview of this book

Shira Rubinoff's Cyber Minds brings together the top authorities in cybersecurity to discuss the emergent threats that face industries, societies, militaries, and governments today. With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Cyber Minds serves as a strategic briefing on cybersecurity and data safety, collecting expert insights from sector security leaders, including: General Gregory Touhill, former Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States Kevin L. Jackson, CEO and Founder, GovCloud Mark Lynd, Digital Business Leader, NETSYNC Joseph Steinberg, Internet Security advisor and thought leader Jim Reavis, Co-Founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance Dr. Tom Kellerman, Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Carbon Black Inc and Vice Chair of Strategic Cyber Ventures Board Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Dr. Sally Eaves, Emergent Technology CTO, Global Strategy Advisor – Blockchain AI FinTech, Social Impact award winner, keynote speaker and author Dr. Guenther Dobrauz, Partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland Barmak Meftah, President, AT&T Cybersecurity Cleve Adams, CEO, Site 1001 (AI and big data based smart building company) Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President – Cybersecurity Solutions Group, Microsoft Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA Businesses and states depend on effective cybersecurity. This book will help you to arm and inform yourself on what you need to know to keep your business – or your country – safe.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) be Trusted to Run Cybersecurity?
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Discussion

Our experts guided us through the promises and pitfalls of blockchain before they arrived at conclusions about technological integration, along with forward-thinking predictions about advances such as quantum computing. Let's begin with their thoughts on blockchain and the benefits and drawbacks of this technology as it pertains to cybersecurity. Later, I'll review how blockchain might work in concert with other technological advances such as AI, IoT, and automation to change the way we approach the way we adhere to our cyber hygiene.

Getting buy-in to blockchain

By design, blockchain is decentralized and that is its biggest promise. Typically, a bad actor has a single entry point, and with blockchain it is more difficult to wreak as much havoc since decentralization eliminates the single entry point. That means that a single hack won't be able to steal an entire repository of data. Still, even with these inherent advantages, we're still not sure...