Kaspersky Cybersecurity Summit 2017 just wrapped up, so now is a good time to look back and reflect on the issues and causes raised during the show. The event was labelled \u201cNext,\u201d as in, \u201cWhat\u2019s next for cybersecurity and technology?\u201d The daylong event packed in everything from medical-equipment hacking and quantum computing to the space race.<\/p>\n
Here are five things I learned at the summit in Dublin.<\/p>\n
A panel of experts from a range of fields spoke in detail about how the blockchain could be utilized for everything from helping farmers and growers better understand the food chain to decentralizing online voting to make it resistant to hacking or manipulation. Indeed, Genevieve Leveille, founder of AgriLedger, believes blockchain, being totally decentralized, can bring about a fundamental shift in democracy. The discussion also briefly touched on Kaspersky Lab\u2019s latest announcement about the Polys voting system which is based around blockchain technology.<\/p>\n
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I usually think of the term hacker as referring to the twenty-first century \u2014 organized criminals or lone vigilantes attacking users and businesses \u2014 but hacking actually goes way back to the early 1970s. One famous example used the 2600 Hz<\/a> frequency on telephone lines to let users make free long-distance telephone calls.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bbbq3twjcLe\/?hl=en&taken-by=kaspersky_uk<\/p>\n As well as that, David Jacoby, a researcher for the GReAT team here at Kaspersky Lab, said that most of the problems we suffer from today from a cybersecurity perspective stem from the early 1980s. Password practices are a good example \u2014 we still suffer from problems of poor passwords, and criminals use that knowledge to break into networks.<\/p>\n Chiara Cocchiara from EUMETSAT<\/a> gave a detailed talk on how reaching Mars would be a huge feat of engineering \u2014 but coming back would be even more difficult. Despite the risk of it being a one-way ticket, she says thousands of people continue to apply to take part in simulations.<\/p>\n Next up for the #KLNext<\/a> event \u2013 preparing for our future beyond earth. #mars<\/a> #space<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/u0gfQRQnW6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) November 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n3. Going to Mars will be easier than coming back<\/h3>\n
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