Placing community at the center
“It will benefit all involved if we can reach out to our community to raise awareness of cybersecurity needs, even in our middle schools and high schools to start educating our community from a very young age." - Timothy Schwab, University of Arizona
“We need to make things easier for users to consistently behave in a more secure way. So some of that involves Investments that need to be made, but those Investments need to be made in furtherance of simplifying the cybersecurity environment, not making it more complex.” - Nathan Corwin, Arizona State University
"Among the vast array of security threats we face, the biggest risk we run is by not having the right processes in place or a manner in which users can find out how to best and safely use these technologies." - Sumit Jain, Louisiana State University
“Even though this is secure awareness month, cyber security should be top of mind every day. It is every user's responsibility; remember if you don't invest in cyber security now you will end up paying for it later.” - Kimberly Clark, Arizona State University
A focus on team culture
"We need to make our institutions’ cybersecurity a team effort, along with a sustainable team culture. By doing better at building and nurturing relationships, we can have our processes down so that we and our users won’t feel even more stressed with the demands of life and work." - Chris Pringle, Harvard Business School
"While understanding that we can’t stifle innovation and research, classification of data types becomes more important. When working with AI especially, understanding the classification of data and research you're working with will go a long way to keeping sensitive data secure." - Chris Graver, Northern Arizona University
Other discussion topics included cybersecurity workforce planning and management, improving the hireability of student cybersecurity workers and workforce wellness and mental health management.
The virtual discussion, which brought together over 100 participants, was part of ASU’s suite of events and knowledge sharing that took place this October in recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Check out a series of expert Q&A’s also available:
- Cybersecurity spotlight: Meet the engineer defending Sun Devils’ data with Bri Mascheri
- Cybersecurity versus cyberattacks: How emerging technologies have complicated the ‘cyber war’ with Katina Michael
- Large-scale, customized and personal attacks among recent trends in cybersecurity with Tiffany Bao
- Protecting research and data is central to cybersecurity in higher education with Carolyn Ellis
- Collaboration is critical for cybersecurity professionals with Edward Garcia