What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm?
This is not just a theoretical exercise. It is something all of us in cybersecurity need to understand — and a key national security priority.
I’ve given this question considerable thought in my role advising many of my former colleagues and other leaders in the U.S. government. In my view, there are two key interrelated developments that can shift the cybersecurity paradigm. They are:
- Innovations in automation.
- Software-based advanced analytics — including big data, machine learning, behavior analytics, deep learning and, eventually, artificial intelligence.