Testimony of Bill Conner, President and CEO of Entrust
Before the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
of the Energy and Commerce Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Part 4
Moore’s Law
To put this all in context, hardware technology follows Moore’s Law, which states that capacity doubles and cost halves every 18 months. In the new cyber world, software tools are changing in days, not years, and in many cases hours or even minutes. That makes it a constant real-time battle for all of us.
We are facing a wide range of extremely dangerous enemies armed with expensive and sophisticated hardware, software and boldness. They function in an environment where their white-collar crime, even if identified and apprehended, brings only minimal punishment. This is because most of these attacks are across sovereign borders around the globe.
The good news is that technology and solutions exist today to thwart these cybercriminals. However, it must be applied consistently and universally to deny cybercriminals the easy access they have today.
By Bill Conner