Ben Smith, Field CTO at NetWitness

Field CTO at NetWitness

Ben Smith is Field CTO with NetWitness, an RSA business. He brings more than 25 years’ experience in the information security, risk management, networking and telecommunications industries. Smith holds industry certifications in information security (CCISO, CISSP), risk management (CRISC), and privacy (CIPT); he is an acknowledged contributor to NIST SP 1800-1, -3, and -7; and he is a member of the Cybersecurity Canon Committee. He is a patent holder, authored four of the "97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know" [O'Reilly, 2021] and was previously a corporate representative to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE).

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Cyber Security Insights

A Cybersecurity Arms Race: Trends and Developments to Understand for 2022

December 22, 2021

We are living in the middle of an arms race in cybersecurity. Adversaries are leading the way, while the good guys reconfigure and retool, and the cycle continues. What does the crystal ball look like for the cybersecurity and risk management world of 2022?

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