To start with, technology vendors must be held accountable if their software or code is exploited — and the same goes for imported technology, including products from China. Antani believes legislation may be needed to ensure accountability.
Artificial intelligence (AI) stands to accelerate the number, speed and effectiveness of cyberattacks. The only way to combat it is for organizations to switch to a “wartime” mindset.
He writes: “This switches the focus from implanting security controls and then waiting for an attack, to ‘red teaming’ – probing one’s own security vulnerabilities and weaknesses just as our adversaries do – and proving that an attacker cannot compromise the organization’s defenses.”
This new era demands a shift to a “trust but verify” mindset on cybersecurity, says Antani.
“My former commanding general within special operations said, ‘Don’t tell me we’re secure, show me, then show me again tomorrow, and again next week, because our environment is constantly changing and the enemy is always evolving.’ This is the way.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
