Data as the New Oil

In February, Charlie Croom, vice president, cyber strategy and government relations, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions, Bethesda, Maryland, visited the chapter and made a presentation on cyber operations. Croom briefed cybersecurity is an 80-20 percent proposition, 80 percent achieved through a common operational picture, while the remaining 20 percent can be addressed through advanced research, processes and intelligence operational experience/framework. Croom referred to "data as the new oil." You have to refine it, you have to find it and you have to build pipelines to move it from origin to where it is needed. Croom offered his views on cyber attacks and how to stop them. He concluded by emphasizing these points: People and tradecraft are significantly more important than tools; intelligence is essential to effective, proactive cyber defense and mission operations; and security should enable and support your mission operations not impede them.

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