Jul 20, 2016

Steve Weber’s Thoughts on Cybersecurity Challenges at the Republican National Convention

From CNET

Inside the RNC's secret cybersecurity battle

By Terry Collins

Despite years of batting away cyberattacks, Max Everett is still on high alert.

The Republican National Committee's chief information officer has been working 20-hour days, and they seem to be getting longer as the convention's main event — Donald Trump's acceptance of the party's nomination on Thursday night — approaches....

“I would not want to be the cybersecurity guy working the RNC,” said Steve Weber, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in cybersecurity. “The stress would be enormous.”...

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Steve Weber is a professor in the School of Information and the faculty director of Berkeley’s Center for Long-term Cybersecurity.

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October 4, 2016