Internet visionary Vint Cerf says IT security needs to authenticate billions of devices connected to the Internet. Cerf gave a homework assignment to his audience of several thousand IT security professionals: Design a system that capitalizes on a strong authentication to configure systems to manage or access devices. A growing number of third-party providers will manage more critical services than family photos. Disruptions to those services could have an adverse, cascading impact on our critical infrastructure, says Cerf, vice president and chief evangelist at Google.”]
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