The RSA Conference is one of the largest cybersecurity business events in the world. The conference just wrapped up on Friday in San Francisco, where it brought together a collage of industry experts, programmers, industry developers, hackers and investors, in one spot to discuss the current and future atmosphere of 21st century security. Washington, D.C.-based cybersecurity startup Thycotic was one of those companies in attendance — and they came away with a host of new answers. According to a survey conducted by Thycotic at RSA 2015, 94 percent of participants believed that citizen-targeted NSA surveillance had increased or at least remained the same since the Snowden revelations of June 2013.
This is important for two reasons: 1.) those participants surveyed represent a group that is intimately aware of the NSA’s network and/or are highly knowledgable of the general cyber realm — potentially due to previous DoD work experience 2.) due to the conference’s typical guest list, it also suggests a private tech industry that remains entirely skeptical of working with the government on cyber defense initiatives.
Founded in 1996, Thycotic develops IT security and password management solutions for a cohort of fortune 500 companies. The company is a consistent RSA conference guest. This year the RSA Conference theme was to challenge contemporary security thinking. More than likely, the theme was related to Section 215 of the Patriot Act covering government surveillance, which expires at the end of May.
The survey consisted of answers from 202 RSA Conference 2015 attendees, conducted between April 20th and 21st in San Francisco on event grounds. Approximately half of those participants believed that the NSA has increased its surveillance of U.S. citizens since 2013, while 45 percent felt that there had been virtually no change. Perhaps more importantly, just 6 percent said that the national exposure of classified NSA documents actually led to a decrease in U.S. citizen surveillance.
66 percent of respondents said that Section 215 of the Patriot Act should not be renewed. Interestingly, about 70 percent of respondents believed that the Fed’s newly formed Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), tasked with producing coordinated cyber threat assessments and sharing said information with the relevant agencies, would be a positive national asset — indicating an increased confidence in the government’s ability to combat cybercrime.
“While the overwhelming majority of respondents believe that the CTIIC will have a positive impact on national security, this is not the time for organizations of any size to let their guard down, as we’ve seen countless high-profile cyber attacks and data breaches in just the last year,” said Jonathan Cogley, CEO and founder of Thycotic, in a statement. “As cyber threats increasingly become more sophisticated, organizations should be mindful of both external and insider threats. Privileged account management is still the best way for organizations to ensure that their sensitive data is kept out of the wrong hands.”
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