Threats are increasing and, more than ever before, the security industry needs to come together if it hopes to get ahead of attackers, top security leaders said Tuesday at the 2017 RSA Conference in San Francisco, Calif.
“We are far away from declaring victory. We are going to need to do more and we are going to need to do more together if we are going to address this problem effectively,” Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, said. “The time has come for us to come together.”
Intel Security Senior Vice President and General Manager Chris Young compared what needs to happen in the security industry to the 1992 Olympic Men’s Basketball team, where basketball superstars, including Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, had to put their previous competition aside for a broader goal of a U.S. gold medal.
