SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Sen. John Thune brought together top people in South Dakota's information technology field to discuss ways to improve cybersecurity.
They met Friday at the DSU campus in Madison. The goal is to find ways to work together more effectively.
They came from banking, agriculture, medicine, business, government, and education. Cyber security experts in their respective fields. Currently, states are working on their own efforts, and Sen. John Thune wants more cooperation.
“How we do this is to protect the rights of countries that have policies as well, but to build a kind of national consensus on this and make sure that countries like China act as much as possible.” “We don't hack people's information and use it against us.'' It really became a kind of war,” Thun said.
DSU President Jose Marie Griffiths says there is a need to address the increasing use of artificial intelligence technology and overt and covert surveillance.
“I'm not talking about my brother here, I'm talking about the data that everyone has collected,” Griffiths said. “When you go to the store to buy something, you end up on camera on the sales floor. Your photo is taken. All of your biometrics are stolen, and you may not even realize it. there is.”
Experts from various fields will explain what they're doing to protect your information, and some will talk about the challenges ahead.
“Different sectors of this country's economy manage information in different ways, and what we would like to do, if possible, is to break out of that and come up with some general recommendations to create a national framework. I think so,” Tune said.
Tune said DSU was the perfect place to host this roundtable because it prepares the workforce for the front lines of future cyber warfare.
