Discussion

The General's fascinating career as a trailblazer in an increasingly cyber-driven world gives us some clear takeaways, about how the changing nature of threats and global cyberwarfare should drive your security posture and cyber hygiene. Technology often solves old problems while creating new ones, and cybersecurity has to evolve to meet these ever-changing challenges. The General underscores several topics that are relevant to your security posture, including the pivotal nature of human factors, social media as a weapon, and how increased connectivity is sometimes regressive for security.

In the not so distant past, we tended to compartmentalize the way we viewed technological progress, because we didn't have a more holistic view of the spillover effects of technology. Society functioned in a much more linear fashion, with technology being simplistic and specifically earmarked to assist with menial tasks.

We didn't view technology in an integrated sense...