Risk Roundup

George Niece, a Chief Digital Officer at Digital Transformation Strategies participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Strategizing Digital Transformation.

The digital global age is upon us! Individuals and entities across nations: its governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) have entered a time in which digital technologies enable them to not only be in constant communication with each other but also be in contact with physical devices and platforms to access and share information from across cyberspace, geospace and space (CGS)—and find new ways of doing things.

Digital technologies are becoming a survival necessity to each and every individual and entity across the nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA).

While these technologies and new ways of doing things help develop much-needed alertness, adjustment, adaptation in individuals and entities to create new opportunities in cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS), it is the ability to adapt quickly to the changes brought on by the digital technologies that emerge as a vital necessity and capability-for digital transformation today. In addition to the ability to adapt quickly, it is also important to understand that it is the strategy and scope, and not technology, that fundamentally drives the digital transformation of a digital global age.

For a successful digital transformation, each and every entity within and across NGIOA must learn to forget old ways of thinking and doing things to uncover how digital technology can help them disrupt and find new ways of doing things to overtake competitors of a digital global age. Digital transformation seems to be all about people and it is the people and their ability to adjust, adapt and innovate– not technology, that are the most important pieces in the NGIOA digital transformation puzzle in CGS.

The time is now to Strategize digital transformation.

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George Niece is the Chief Digital Officer at Digital Transformation Strategies.

Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization.

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Jim Jaeger, a Chief Cyber-Security Strategist at Fidelis Cyber-Security participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Strategizing Cyber-Security.

The power of the computer code, connected computers, the internet, and related innovations in information, communication, and digitization technologies has triggered massive advances in ideas and innovations that have over the years re-invented or are in the process of re-inventing entire nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA): its industries, sectors, governance models, business models, products, services and more. While these developments created new opportunities, they also created new risks, and none is greater than cyber-security risk. So, how to strategize cyber-security?

As seen across nations, the cyber-security risks present an increasingly complex set of security challenges for each and every entity across each and every NGIOA. This is especially when today’s cyber-attacks include, but are not limited to, stealing intellectual property, disrupting critical infrastructure in cyberspace, geospace, and space; seizing digital identity, compromising online financial accounts, creating and distributing viruses and malware’s, stealing and posting confidential information, and encrypting systems to demand financial payoff.

This growing web of cyber-attacks and cyber crimes are getting complex, criminally or politically motivated, and are planned and executed masterfully by very persistent, skilled, and well-funded individuals, groups, and organizations. Amidst these complex growing cyber-security challenges, how can any nation achieve cyber-security and secure cyberspace? How can any NGIOA strategize cyber-security?

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Jim Jaeger is Chief Cyber-Security Strategist at Fidelis Cyber-Security and has previously held leadership roles at the National Security Agency and Air Force and has often been called in to brief intelligence directors at various federal agencies including the Department of Defense and CIA.

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The Digital Global Age – Contested Commons
Strategizing Digital Transformation
Energy Warfare

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Igor Volovich, CEO of Romad Cyber Systems participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Traditional Anti-Malware Software Effectiveness

As each year brings more complex security threats, advanced malicious code, and unexpected security vulnerabilities, there is a serious attempt to secure cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS). However, in the escalating arms race against advanced malware, the efforts to manage security risks using traditional tools are facing complex challenges.

As malicious software or malware is evolving and becoming very sophisticated, malware threats are becoming very costly for nations: its government, industries, organizations, academia, and individuals (NGIOA).

In addition, with the sophisticated hacking tools becoming abundant and cheap, the rapidly multiplying security threats and vulnerabilities across CGS is greatly simplifying the effort required for intruders or criminals to compromise any computer network anywhere in the world. Moreover, with computer applications now often sharing components and data with one another creating multiple integration points– it further complicates the already complex security efforts in CGS.

So, when the entire underground world is springing up that is solely focusing on making money by invading nations: its government, industries, organizations, academia, and individuals network resources, it is a cause of great concern. It is perhaps time to go beyond outdated traditional desktop endpoint virus scanners and network-based intrusion prevention products to the next generation of anti-malware tools that can effectively bring security to CGS. Time is now to talk about traditional anti-malware software effectiveness.

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Igor Volovich is the CEO of Romad Cyber Systems.

Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization.

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Richard Stiennon, author of “Surviving Cyberwar and There Will Be Cyberwar: How The Move to NCW Has Set the Stage for Cyberwar” participates in Risk Roundup to discuss The New World of Cyber-warfare.

The new world cyber-warfare brings us a vicious power struggle. This new emerging cyber battleground is full of unknowns, including major players, minor players, rules of war, and reasons for war. In these cyber- battlefields, the war casualties have been quietly piling up. It seems every nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) has been hit and is at risk of being hit. No one is being spared, including common citizens.

This cyber battleground brings each NGIOA, the good, the bad, and the unknown. With the world getting immersed in rapid advances in artificial intelligence, information, communication, and cyberspace technology, the activities in cyberspace have now become inseparable from activities in geospace and space. These blurring boundaries of cyberspace with geospace and space have pushed each nation to a significant decision point today, as they must continue to defend their current systems and networks in the geospace and space, while simultaneously struggle, to get out in front of their challenges and competitors in the cyberspace.

As computer code, connected computers and the internet fundamentally transform warfare, the new reality of the new world of cyber-warfare is causing panic across nations. So the question is how can any nation contain the threats posed by artificial intelligence, computer code, connected computers, information and communication technology, and the internet? Time is now to talk about the New World of Cyber- Warfare.

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Richard Stiennon is the Author: Surviving Cyberwar /UP and to the RIGHT: Strategy and Tactics of Analyst Influence /There Will Be Cyberwar: How The Move to NCW Has Set the Stage for Cyberwar.

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Prof. Daniel Shoemaker, the Director of the Masters of Science Information Assurance Program (for Cyber-security), and a Principal Investigator for the Center of Academic Excellence Program with the National Security Agency participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Security- Centric Integrated Risk Management Framework.

Why do we need a security-centric integrated risk management framework?

Everything has risks and risks are inevitable. It is the ability to take risks that give each nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) the possibility of progress and advancement. Progress and advancement are all about risk-taking. But when risk transcends initiatives, industries, borders, cultures, nations, societies, and human existence, taking timely risk initiatives, is a necessary forward-looking move.

As today’s risks are tomorrow’s crisis, there is a need to make the transition from a reactive approach to proactive for identifying, evaluating, and managing risks. Having said that, all the tools, technology, processes, guidelines, and frameworks in the world won’t help, if risks cannot be accurately identified, objectively evaluated, and effectively managed! In addition, what risks are managed depends on what risks have been identified.

Cyberspace has brought complex, chaotic, and challenging times for each nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) in cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS). As cyberspace is deeply embedded across each component of a nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia, its crowded interconnections have caught nations off guard.

These interconnections and inter-dependencies raise an important question, on whether our current risk management framework, tools, technologies, and processes are effective in managing the security risks of cyberspace. Time is now to discuss the Security Centric Integrated Risk Management Framework.

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Prof. Daniel Shoemaker is the Director of the Masters of Science Information Assurance Program (for Cybersecurity), and a Principal Investigator for the Center of Academic Excellence Program with the National Security Agency.

As the co-chair for the National Workforce Training and Education Initiative, he is also one of the authors of the DHS Software Assurance Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). He has also helped author the DHS Information. Assurance (IA) Essential Body of Knowledge and serves as a subject matter expert for the NIST-NICE workforce framework.

He has written several books: Cyber Security: The Essential Body of Knowledge Information Assurance for the Enterprise, The CSSLP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. Engineering a More Secure Software Organization, and has just finished working on two new books – The Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Risk & Controls and Cyber Security, and finally, A Guide to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework (2.0).

Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization.

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Amrit Williams DePaulo, a Chief Technology Officer @ Cloud Passage participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Growing Risks of Network Security.

Growing risks of network security are a problem! As the security threats facing computer networks are becoming more sophisticated technologically and getting harder to detect, the consequences of failing to manage the cyber-security risks or block cyber-attacks are getting big and increasing rapidly.

Each nation: its governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) not only have to pay careful attention to the threats facing their computers and networks but also be proactive in understanding the risks their computer network brings.

In addition, it is important to keep an eye on the emerging technological innovations that would add complexity to the already complex cyber-security risks and already vulnerable digital cyber-networks.

Entities of all sizes across NGIOA are suffering consequences from network security breaches, and if 2016 is any indication, the risk of a security breach is getting complex, growing, and changing rapidly. Time is now to talk about the growing risks of network security.

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Amrit Williams DePaulo, s the Chief Technology Officer @ Cloud Passage. Amrit is a respected industry expert and quoted extensively in industry publications and general media.

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Ernest Wohnig, a Senior Global Cyber-Security Advisor @ AES Corporation participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Critical Infrastructure Security Risks.

The assets identified as critical infrastructure in cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS) are vital for the survival, security, and sustainability of respective nations’ as they contribute to its very progress and development. These infrastructure systems and assets, whether physical, digital, financial, or virtual, are so vital to the nation that the incapacity or destruction of such systems or assets would have a debilitating impact on not only the security but also the survival of nations.

Irrespective of cyberspace, geospace, and space, critical infrastructures must maintain their optimal conditions under all circumstances. Safeguarding the critical infrastructures in cyberspace, geospace, and space—needs to be the utmost priority for each and every nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA).

The well-being of this planet, human species, regions, nations, and industries rely upon the safety, security, and sustainability of the critical infrastructure—those assets, systems, and networks in cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS) that underpin the very fundamentals of a sustainable and secure society. Time is now to understand critical infrastructure security risks.

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Ernest Wohnig is a Senior Global Cyber-Security Advisor @ AES Corporation, helping shape the much-needed dialogue on Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems. Prior to AES, Ernest was an Airforce Intelligence Officer and decorated with the National Intelligence Council medallion.

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Fritz Venter, Founder, and CEO of Computed Future participate in Risk Roundup to discuss The Rise of Artificial Intelligence.

As we, the humans aim for broader capabilities beyond our intelligence, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will undoubtedly create complex security challenges that will likely be beyond our capabilities to manage. While companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Baidu have got into an AI arms race already, it is important to identify, understand and evaluate the strategic security risks, we humans will face in the coming years due to AI.

The use of AI is not new. From cars to phones, to thermostats, emails, and games like checkers and chess have been using the basic “Artificial Narrow Intelligence” (ANI) system for a long time. More advanced ANI systems have also been widely used in sectors and industries like military, manufacturing, finance, and so on.

The complex security challenges will hit us when Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) reaches Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and then Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). While we humans are yet to create Artificial General Intelligence, the mere thought of the possibility of Artificial Super Intelligence is causing an alarm across nations.

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Fritz Venter, is the Founder and CEO of Computed Future.

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VJay Vishwanathan, a Chief Information Security Officer participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Mobile Security Risks.

Mobile technology, smartphones, and related applications are as essential to modern society as air, food, and water. Life today would be utterly unthinkable without mobile technology, phones, applications, and commerce.

As more and more users and businesses across nations employ smartphones as communication, commerce, healthcare, and banking tools, it raises a serious concern about the security and privacy of personal and business information now stored on smartphones.

“Mobile” smartphones and technologies are causing profound changes in the way we communicate, shop, track, direct, market, commerce across nations: its governments, industries, organizations, academia, and individuals (NGIOA). As a result, Mobile Security and its vulnerabilities are rapidly becoming increasingly important in mobile computing.

As the number of mobile users and threats grow at a rapid pace, any smartphone user today is exposed to various security and privacy risks when they use their phone. Amidst that how can the industry assure its users that smartphones are secure? Time is now to talk about Mobile Security Risks.

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VJay Vishwanathan is a Chief Information Security Officer.

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Anantha Bangalore, a Chief Technology Officer participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Security First Architecture.

As digital technology fundamentally transforms the innovation cycle, it seems that there’s a disconnect between the demand for innovation in digital technology and the ability to execute the development successfully with respect to security.

The growing demand for digitization has increased a need for the newest and best software package by not only consumers but each and every entity across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia. This growing demand is driving software developers to take shortcuts, use outdated code, or not fully test their codes or new products in order to get it to the market or end-user quickly. This raises the risk of software that is not sufficiently vetted against security vulnerabilities or system compatibility.

In addition, there are older versions of many software that are in use across nations, with its outdated operating systems, which have either already become unsupported by their respective vendors or at some point in the near future would become unsupported. This raises critical security risks as such Security Vulnerabilities will likely go unpatched, and they will often be the first vulnerable spot cyber-criminals will focus on when trying to obtain access to the systems across entities.

Time is now to talk about Security First Architecture.

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Anantha Bangalore is the Chief Technology Officer and Principal Architect of an award-winning patented security solution.

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