The spotlight was on safety at the kickoff this morning of (ISC)² Security Congress 2019, taking place this week in Orlando. First, (ISC)² CEO David Shearer talked about the role that association members have in protecting society through their cybersecurity work.
Then, Capt. Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot of flight 1549, which landed on the Hudson River in January 2009, related the events of that day and how he and his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, safely landed their U.S. Airways Airbus with everyone aboard surviving the event.
Shearer spent much of his kickoff address on the importance of abstracting what cybersecurity professionals do from the very users they are protecting. “Our customers’ users simply want to be able to do their jobs and live their lives and passions unencumbered by cybersecurity,” he told the gathered crowd of attendees. This year’s Security Congress has attracted 2,500 professionals to the Walt Disney Dolphin Resort and features more than 250 speakers.
Shearer’s point was that users shouldn’t have to think or worry about cybersecurity. Cybersecurity professionals need to be able to do their work without interrupting users; otherwise, users tend to find ways to circumvent security, which produces the exact opposite effect of what cyber professionals are trying to accomplish.
Drawing parallels between what cyber professionals do and how Walt Disney runs its theme parks and shows, he noted that a lot of behind-the-scenes work has to take place for the magic to happen. When people visit the parks and see the shows, they are not thinking about what goes on behind the curtain, but what they are experiencing. Such is the work of cybersecurity professionals – to toil behind the ..
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