HP Innovation Journal Issue 07: Summer 2017 | Page 27

TECHNOLOGIES FOR EVERYONE
Security for everyone
by J  im Mann, HP Distinguished Technologist, Office of the Chief Engineer, HP
T
he digital revolution and hyper-connec- leadership in industry consortia and standards short videos entitled Security for Everyone. The
tivity which has taken shape over the last bodies, and our market-leading innovations series takes a holistic view across the breadth
several decades has resulted in tremen- such as HP SureStart. This has resulted in new of security topics, with each video being just a
dous benefits for those fortunate enough to be marketing statements such
few minutes in length to
able to participate. However, there are people as “World’s Most Secure
introduce a new security
who actively seek to take advantage of vulnera- Printers”, and “World’s Most
topic. This is part of HP’s
bilities in the systems built with this technology. Secure and Manageable
broader Technologies for
of breaches
They do this for reasons including personal gain, PC’s”, as well as new brand
Everyone series, the mis-
start at the
promotion of ideology, espionage, geopolitical campaigns including “HP
sion of which is to make
endpoint
influence, or sometimes just for fun. The actions Secure” and The Wolf vid-
fundamental technologies
of these bad actors have consequences ranging eo series.
readily accessible to every-
from minor inconvenience to devastating per-
Because security is
one at HP.
sonal impacts and even personal injury.
such a key element of our
New videos will be
All of us have likely been impacted by a promise to customers, and
rolled out over time cov-
cybersecurity event, so we understand the the impacts can be so severe, we continually ering terminology, principles, and of course
pain our customers feel when they are im- strive to push the envelope in delivering the best technology, from authentication to “zero day”.
pacted. During 2016, Symantec reported security technology (the what), with a process The videos are designed to be easily compre-
1,209 confirmed breaches which exposed methodology that ensures HP products and hensible for everyone and provide reference to
more than one billion user identities. PWC re- services are developed securely (the how). This additional information for those who want to
ported 32% of companies
tandem of what and how explore a topic further. The fun world of cryp-
disclosed an incident of
was succinctly captured tography, for example, will be one of the central
cybercrime. 1 According to
by HP’s Chief Information technologies explored because of its broad im-
the Ponemon Institute the
Security Officer, Jack Clark, pact on many aspects of cybersecurity. We will
identities stolen
average cost of a breach is
as “secure products, built even look at why the strange world of quantum
in
2016
from
roughly $9.5M. These are
securely” and serves as a computing is poised to have a fundamental im-
alarming numbers, yet
guiding principle for HP’s pact on cybersecurity in the future.
they still underestimate
product security strategy.
We hope you will tune in and follow our jour-
the total impact because
To
solidify
HP’s
position
ney
into this fascinating technology area, one
breaches
it is hard to put numbers
into the future, we must which is critical to our customers and HP’s busi-
to cybersecurity incidents
have a culture of security ness. And alo