Watch live: Will the costs of cyber insecurity outweigh connectivity's benefits?
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Newspaper headlines inundate us with stories about massive data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and espionage against government agencies and companies. With risks mounting, our new report uses economic modeling tools to understand how cyber costs and benefits might affect global GDP and envision a set of different cyber futures to unfold within the next fifteen years.
The bad news:聽A future where the annual spending on cyber insecurities outweighs the benefits of being connected is not only possible, but has already occurred in the United States and other high-income economies.
The good news:聽Although the costs are higher on an annual basis, the benefits accumulate over time. Through the year 2030, the cumulative global benefits of being connected should still outpace the costs by nearly $160 trillion. The difference between the best and worst forecasts for the future of the Internet 鈥� and with it the fate of the global marketplace 鈥� is a startling $120 trillion, and will depend on how we manage today鈥檚 risks and harness the potential benefits.
The event will gather prominent cybersecurity experts and business leaders to discuss what we can learn from the report鈥檚 findings and how we can develop new strategies and policy measures to steer us towards the most rewarding cyber futures.
Speakers:
Tucker Bailey,听笔补谤迟苍别谤,听McKinsey & Company
Jason Healey,听,听Senior Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security,听Atlantic Council;聽Senior Research Scholar,聽School of International and Public Affairs,听Columbia University
John Soughan,听Head of Proposition Management and Development,听Zurich North America
Moderated by:
Tal Kopan,听,听Reporter,听CNN Politics
Event Details:
Thursday, October 15, 2015
9 - 10:30 am
1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower),听Washington, DC
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