From Target to Adobe, cyber-criminals have infiltrated the networks of some of the largest businesses in the US, turning 2013 into a record year for data breaches. Companies lost more than 800 million records in nearly 2,200 incidents, doubling the loss of the previous highest year, 2011, according to analysis by Risk Based Security. We can no longer afford… Continue reading Comment: Essential role of government in cyber-security
Author: Bob Ackerman
Note to government: mandate cybersecurity, then get out of the way
In a weekly series of interviews and comment pieces by people coming to our May symposium, venture firm Allegis Capital’s Bob Ackerman sets out what government should do about cyber security. Ackerman is speaking in a seminar at our May 20 and 21 Symposium in London on Bitcoin and cyber-security. This article first appeared on Xconomy.
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