I had the honor of joining a distinguished panel of tech industry leaders to discuss topics in cybersecurity at the AlwaysOn Technology Symposium (AOS) in Providence. This one-day event is a resource for IT professionals from across the country and is hosted by NWN Carousel, a leader in the industry located right here in Exeter.
One of the event’s most memorable lines came from my fellow panelist, Martin Roesch of Cisco, who observed that “despite our best efforts, we’ll still fail” — a perfect summary of the symposium’s theme of resilience. The sooner businesses develop strategies for recovering from cybersecurity breaches, he and the other panelists agreed, the better off we’ll all be. Other issues I discussed with the panelists included developing a layered defense system, collaborating with the federal government, and bridging the cybersecurity workforce gap.