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“ This is not just about data anymore , it ’ s about the safety of people ”
LEO HOWELL CISO , GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
“ Our partners like Elastic and Deloitte are key pieces to that defence mission so we don ’ t feel like we have to go it alone .”
An exciting future ahead at Georgia Tech Howell is optimistic about the upcoming initiatives , with Georgia Tech significantly investing in its cybersecurity programme . “ We ’ re in the process of developing our three to five year strategic plan , off the back of the IT strategic plan that was just
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developed by our CIO . So we ’ re working to ensure that the cybersecurity strategic plan aligns with that .”
As part of that strategy , Howell is working to mature Georgia Tech ’ s identity and access management capabilities , and to leverage data as a part of that decision about who gets access to systems .
“ We ’ re advancing our cyber security data analytics capabilities from what I like to call an archaeological approach to more of a meteorological approach to cybersecurity data analytics ,” he says . “ I do not just want to recreate what took place in the past . I want to be able to predict what is about to happen in the future in terms of my defences .”
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