Bob Ackerman

Retired Editor in Chief, SIGNAL Magazine

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AI already has been used to attack crypto algorithms. If that gets shared, those dangerous things will be in front of more adversaries faster.—Bill Newhouse, cybersecurity engineer and project lead, @NISTcyber #AFCEACyber

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The threat is now because they are harvesting the data now.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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This is a threat that is not just to the DoD, it’s something that can impact across the world.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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Quantum computing will make AI what is was supposed to be.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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Different algorithms could be used to shorten the [quantum computing] development timeline.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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The qubit capability of quantum computing is doubling every year.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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Quantum computers aren’t necessarily just the next generation of a classical computer.—James L. Matney, vice president, defense strategy, Defense Division, @GDIT #AFCEACyber

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The ICAM system run by DoD is vital for Zero Trust, and we need it to be available on NIPR and SIPR.—Randy Resnick, director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, @DoD_CIO #AFCEACyber

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You want all this security to run from edge, to core, to cloud, to multicloud.—Jim Cosby, CTO, U.S. Public Sector and Partners, @NetApp #AFCEACyber

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We can have all the apps and servers we want. But if we don’t have data, we don’t have anything. Data is the new oil of this economy.—Jim Cosby, CTO, U.S. Public Sector and Partners, @NetApp #AFCEACyber

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We need to see multi-vendor solutions.—Randy Resnick, director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, @DoD_CIO #AFCEACyber

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Zero trust is, no doubt, a paradigm shift. It is a new way, it is the only way, to protect against adversaries.—Randy Resnick, director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, @DoD_CIO #AFCEACyber

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We feel confident that, if the target is met, we will have a very swift resistance to any form of attack.—Randy Resnick, director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, @DoD_CIO #AFCEACyber

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The target level for us is to be able to stop the adversary.—Randy Resnick, director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, @DoD_CIO #AFCEACyber

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DISA is going to J-codes to align with the Joint Staff. We will have a J-2 for intelligence function for the agency’s intelligence needs.—Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, USAF, director, @USDISA #AFCEACyber

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Global Directory is meant to evolve over time and shape the department’s identity and needs.—Gabe Solomon, cloud engineer with DISA computing center @USDISA #AFCEACyber

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The foundation of zero trust is identity management.—Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, USAF, director, @USDISA #AFCEACyber

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Protecting the DODIN is a team effort, A risk to one is a risk to all.—Col. Jennifer Carnes, USAF, future operations division chief, JFHQ-DODIN #AFCEACyber

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Generative AI is probably one of the most disruptive technologies and initiatives in a long time.—Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, USAF, director, @USDISA #AFCEACyber

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China is a pacing challenge, Russia is an acute threat.—Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, USA, commander, @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA #AFCEACyber