The document discusses emerging threats and opportunities in cybersecurity. It notes that nation-state threats are growing, with China, Russia, the US and UK posing the largest threats. The document references a Mandiant report finding extensive hacking by a Chinese military unit. It questions if organizations can defend against thousands of trained hackers. The document also discusses how the internet has impacted social norms and the battle for truth online. It suggests security, business intelligence, cloud computing, big data, social media, privacy and mobility as emerging opportunities.

1. Threat Assessment:
the New Normal
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and CIO
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia

2. Agenda
• Emerging Threats
• Emerging
Opportunities
• Business Impact

3. Virtual Library
3,300 mile Private Cloud
Distance Education
Enterprise Security and ePrivacy
Enterprise Financials
Collaboration
Student Information
Enterprise BI
Software Store
Learning Management
Library Operations

4. This space for rent by
Chinese National Army.
Please contact Dr. Curt
Carver as we can read all
his email anyway.
PREMISE 1: GROWING THREAT

5. Emerging Threats
(on a scale of 1 to 10)
10 United States,
United Kingdom,
Russia
7
China
3
Iran

6. Can You Defend Against
100,000 Professionally
Trained Hackers?

7. Consider Mandiant Report on AG1
• Believed to be People Liberation Army Unit 61398.
• State sponsored, state funded, state secret.
• Since 2006, they have compromised 141 companies
spanning 20 major industries.
• Maintained access for an average of 356 days. Longest
measured access was 1,764 days.

8. Focus on Nation States
If a nation state wants
to break into your system,
will they?

9. Quiz
• Question: What happens if you Google a
system error?
• Answer: Nation states run a site that provides
guidance on answering a system error while
attacking your computer.

10. PREMISE 2: WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

11. First Rule of the Internet
Agreement does not scale

13. Effect of the WWW on the Normal
Curve of Behavior?

14. It is the best of times,
for morons and geniuses alike.

15. Quick Recap
We live in a world of growing threats where a
battle for the truth rages conducted by morons
and geniuses alike, operating from safe havens
created by a flattening of the norms of human
behavior which threaten the very existence of
mankind….
[run-on but
very depressing sentence continues]

16. Emerging Opportunities
Well, we have the geniuses….

17. 6.8 billion people….
5.1 own cell phones….
4.1 own toothbrushes….

19. Security
Business
Intel
Global
Big Data
Cloud
Privacy
Consumerization
Social
Location
RealTime

20. Response as important as Prevention
Get Agile
Get Big
Think Social
Think Consumerization
Build Mobile
First

21. Questions, Comments, a
Conversation
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and CIO
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia