Undaunted, cyber-enthusiasts maintain that social technologies are shifting power from a few Goliaths to many Davids.

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Realizing this potential will require partnerships between industry and government to develop a framework and best practices for cyber-physical-systems platform technologies that include integrated architectures, standards and protocols, advanced analytics, evaluation testbeds, and reference implementations to ensure such systems perform reliably, correctly, safely and securely.

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On the policy side of cyber security, legislation has been written around legacy technologies that are no longer relevant.

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But the wrong cyber-laws can mean government locking in inferior security technologies and procedures.

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Having regulators, as a condition of approving smart grid investments, require utilities to deploy smart grid technologies in a manner consistent with reasonable and effective cyber and physical security best practices.

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Cyber security might always be an uphill, defensive struggle as techniques and technologies raise the stakes on both sides.

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New technologies will emerge to build ever-better Maginot Lines for cyber protection.

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Whether it be cyber security, large-scale project management or the adoption of light technologies, we are making progress and we will close the IT gap.

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We believe that KEYW Holding has significant growth opportunities going forward from the incremental U.S. defense spending on cyber security (9.1% annual growth rate through 2015) and geospatial technologies.

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