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Nicole Perlroth, Cybersecurity Advisor and Author, on Modern-Day Cybersecurity

2023/5/11
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Nicole Perlroth: 网络安全问题是一个复杂的问题，它不仅仅是技术问题，还涉及领导力、资源、教育、文化和政策等多个方面。长期以来，网络安全问题持续恶化，这与多方面因素有关，包括企业缺乏足够的重视，资源投入不足，员工缺乏安全意识，以及相关的政策法规不完善等。 作者在《纽约时报》工作期间，报道了大量网络攻击事件，这些事件涉及范围广，技术手段复杂，频率高，这使得人们难以全面了解网络安全形势的严峻性。作者的著作《这就是他们告诉我世界末日的方式》旨在通过叙事性的方式，帮助读者理解网络安全领域复杂的问题。 作者还谈到了“零日漏洞市场”的风险，以及政府在维护自身情报活动的同时，有时会牺牲国家整体网络安全。她认为，美国政府公开承认参与“零日漏洞市场”是网络安全领域的一个重要转折点。 作者还分析了Stuxnet病毒攻击事件，认为这是一次成功的网络攻击行动，但也打开了潘多拉魔盒，导致各国都在彼此的关键基础设施中潜伏，这是一种危险的“相互保证的数字毁灭”的局面。 在谈到自己离开《纽约时报》的原因时，作者表示，她认为自己可以在其他领域发挥更大的作用，例如通过参与政府咨询委员会，为改善网络安全状况提供建议。她还谈到了美国面临严重的网络安全人才短缺问题，以及专制政府在网络安全人才方面具有优势，可以强制征用人才。 最后，作者介绍了自己的风险投资基金Silver Buckshot Ventures，该基金旨在通过支持多家网络安全初创公司来应对网络犯罪，并帮助这些公司扩大影响力。 Glenn Solomon: 作为访谈主持人，Glenn Solomon 主要负责引导话题，提出问题，并对 Nicole Perlroth 的观点进行回应和补充。他表达了对 Nicole Perlroth 工作的赞赏，并对网络安全领域的现状和未来发展表示担忧。

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Nicole Perlroth recounts her unexpected entry into cybersecurity journalism, highlighting her initial reluctance and the series of events that led her to become the New York Times' lead cybersecurity reporter. The narrative includes her extensive coverage of digital espionage and sabotage, culminating in her involvement with the Edward Snowden documents.
  • Initially reluctant to cover cybersecurity due to its technical nature
  • Recruited by the New York Times after impressing interviewers with her journalistic skills
  • Covered digital espionage and sabotage for a decade at the New York Times
  • Key role in handling the Edward Snowden documents, working in a secure closet to protect sensitive information

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Nicole Perlroth is an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the bestselling author of the 2021 book This is How They Tell Me The World Ends, a groundbreaking in-depth exploration of the global cyber arms race. Prior to that, she spent a decade as the lead cybersecurity, digital espionage and sabotage reporter at the New York Times. She’s now building her new early-stage venture fund, Silver Buckshot Ventures, which she describes as “a mission fund backing next-generation cybersecurity startups that, together, take out every tool in an attacker’s arsenal.” Fighting cyber crime requires collaboration and multiple approaches. Nicole shares stories of how she fell into the cybersecurity beat, her advisory work with the DOJ, some of the challenges with cybersecurity work, and her thoughts about how Silver Buckshot Ventures can help.