Security News > 2020 > February > RSA president: Hackers have broken into our brains and created the wrong security story
Actor and activist George Takei opened RSA 2020 with the message, "Homogeneity equals disaster," and RSA president Rohit Ghai reinforced that message: "We need to stop being snobs and trade exclusivity for inclusion." The discussion was in the RSA 2020 opening keynote on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
By looking beyond the traditional profile of a security expert, security teams can improve their problem-solving skills by improving diversity.
In addition to thinking more broadly about who can solve security problems, Ghai wants security professionals to change their own stories and stop thinking about security in terms of fighting a losing battle.
Ghai said the current story about cyber security is one that evokes pity for the burned out, overworked security team and fear of the hackers, which is an oversimplified and incomplete view.
"The story we want is a business story of cyber resilience, not a tech story of cyber ping-pong," he said.