The CIA, Co-ops and Cybersecurity
From: ECT.coop
By Steven Johnson | ECT Staff Writer
RENO, Nev—You can say this about cyber crooks: They don’t discriminate.
Digital criminals are trying to exploit every possible vulnerability and that’s why even the smallest electric cooperative should prioritize cybersecurity as much as the CIA, the agency’s ex-chief said.
“We are in a permanent tail chase now to catch up to and make safer all the stuff you and I have decided to put up [on the Internet],” former CIA Director Michael Hayden told the NRECA Directors Conference.
Speaking March 30, Hayden said the first step toward co-op resiliency in the digital age begins with someone taking command of cyber-related issues.
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