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AN INTRODUCTION BY GRADY SUMMERS,
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
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ne of the greatest aspects of my job is
that I get to interface with some of the
brightest and most innovative minds in the
security industry. As an added bonus, many of these
people are from the first and second generation of
analysts and researchers and incident responders,
so their knowledge and expertise is based on a rich
experience that dates as far back as when this whole
industry was still referred to as ‘computer security’.
Some of my colleagues, including FireEye’s CEO Kevin
Mandia, were on the frontlines of security in the early
to mid-1990s and they remember when the game
was primarily espionage – governments and militaries
spying on one another. Many more remember how
quickly the game changed a few short years later
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when hackers started using Windows NT to carry
out cybercrime. And even more remember when we
started to see militaries pivot in the mid-2000s and
begin hacking the private sector, a sign that the rules
of engagement were starting to broaden.
These individuals have experienced decades of
evolving cybersecurity trends first-hand. They’ve
lived through change, analysed threat and attacker
and technology advancements and have come to
understand it all in a way that makes their insights
absolutely crucial as we begin discussions about what
to expect in the new year.
This year’s FireEye security predictions report, Looking
Ahead: Cyber Security in 2018, features interviews that
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