New realities in cybersecurity
summary
Government inventories are often 10x underestimate of what is actually owned which leaves huge blind spots, procurement follows a two to three year sales cycle so startups burn cash trying to sell to government, basic hygiene like asset management patching and removing admin rights removes 80–85% of problems, venture funding hits >$3B last year yet FAR procurement and FedBizOpps block uptake, new exploits can be weaponized fast (Linux change allows ~65,000 concurrent connections) enabling mass disruption of services and critical infrastructure.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:40What do government agencies know about cybersecurity
- 3:30How to deal with the government
- 5:30The FAR
- 8:03Changing the FAR
- 11:30Hacking
- 13:07Cyber terrorism
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