Well I must say I learned a lot about trying to blog the live from a conference and have a much higher respect for those that do this day to day. I liked it but was unprepared wireless was crappy, going through the phone drained it (did have it chained to laptop and that worked until the laptop battery lasted, and but then didn’t like carrying the laptop around all day) I will do a better job next time. Today I am going to try and end on a good note and blog about the closing keynote Dr. Condoleezza Rice with various openings. First up award for congressman – the for their work on CISPA (not happy they are getting a award for such a questionable bill – https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq) Best quote was we are moving from cold war to code war from the acceptance speeches. Now for Hugh Thompson an RSA guy – opens with a story about a bird on a plane pretty funny story. Topic on data and analytics we should base security based on who we are dealing with. Understanding other people’s journey. Welcome Gary Wolf – quantifyself data analytics on yourself. Sample they are referencing is exercise – you can see stuff like that in Fitbit. “We spend a lot of money on things that don’t work”. So true in security. “System that collect data don’t have an exit point” which makes things sloppy. Next guest guy from money ball (the guy the movie was based off of) – Billy Beane. Reference data points to build the team. “expectations have to work 100% of the time or they are useless” Created a process so it could be repeated – key to success.
Hugh is wrapping it up encourage open communication – last story is about steering wheel 10-2 vs now 9-3 hard to accept because it had to break a previous truth.
Up next Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
Opens with the difference between government and non government. The referencing 9/11 and his it changed everything. Our security changed forever. “inadequacy of our institutions” the became clear. Had to ad-lib. Home land security was the human need to come together. Could protect government institutions but what about private sector. How to deal with change is hard for institutions. Slow to change even when “blinking lights say change”. Cyber security harder to deal with because brings together private sector concerns, privacy, government, anonymity. Reference CISPA again. Private may be concerned in sharing information. Just fact you have been hacked can be bad enough. She applauds Pentagon cyber security initiative.
Reference three ways one can can deal with warfare to include cyber warfare 1. Deference (think nukes) – slightly harder in cyber. 2. Reputation blame came to I never heard the third or it wasn’t clear.
Mobilizing human potential is best in America. Didn’t matter where you can came from. “crisis in the k-12 education is the greatest National Security that”