There is no guarantee that the internet will succeed. And if we aren’t careful we can really screw it up. It has happened before and we can do it again.
The warning comes from technologist Dan Kaminsky who says there is a need to treat the internet similarly to the way the National Institutes of Health is devoted to medical research. Kaminsky, who was delivering the keynote to over 6,000 Black Hat USA 2016 attendees, said problems that need to be addressed within the security community are political, technical and how the security community collaborates.
“The internet is important. It is the greatest driver of economic energy since the industrial revolution and we could lose it,” Kaminsky said. Citing statistics from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that over 50 percent of Americans are backing away from the internet because of security and privacy issues.
