5 Questions with UA Cyber Institute Executive Director Reginald Hyde Posted on : Apr 25 - 2015

What are the big cybersecurity issues people need to be aware of right now?

There are several major threats out there. One is the general outpacing of defensive capability by cyber criminals and others involved in malicious cyber activity compared with the defensive efforts. It's kind of related to terrorism. You only have to be right once when you're the attacker and defending is much more difficult. There are other issues in the development of technology today that make cybersecurity more difficult than it has been in the past.

How beneficial is Cyber Huntsville for the community?

I think it's tremendously beneficial. Talking with people here, I was already well aware of the Cyber Huntsville initiative. There is a lot of cyber expertise in the Huntsville area between government, the private companies and the universities, and I think pulling things together is very helpful. They're doing things like tabletop exercises which is something that is very effective. We've always found that very useful in government to exercise these capabilities. I'm very impressed that you have a city that's as focused on this as Huntsville is in Alabama. View more