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Cyber Industry Panel: Social Practices Factor Into Potential Breaches

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017

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Cyber Industry Panel: Social Practices Factor Into Potential Breaches

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Speakers at the 2017 CyberSat Summit emphasized that improving technology capabilities is only a piece of the larger cybersecurity puzzle. During a panel assessing the evolving threat landscape in aerospace, a group of experts agreed that it is equally important to monitor the “people and processes” that form the foundation of companies’ every day operations.Specifically, the panelists said that cyber security precautions must originate from the very top of the totem pole with senior executives and board directors. “One of…

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