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Adam Smith: “The potential for surprise in the cyber realm will increase in the next year and beyond as billions more digital devices…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
The potential for surprise in the cyber realm will increase in the next year and beyond as billions more digital devices are connected--with relatively little built-in security--and both nation states and malign actors become more emboldened and better equipped in the use of increasingly widespread cyber toolkits.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith highlights increasing cybersecurity threats due to more connected devices and adversaries' capabilities.

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