Norm Hardy gave the Keynote at OCAP 17 page 
To head off any impending security apocalypse we access current computer security weaknesses. As a proxy to do this we look at North Korea's cyber capabilities page
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After review we access current computer security is the glass half-full. What steps can take to back-fit computer security to head off a security apocalypse without replacing the current computer ecosystem that today's online commerce is built on.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Former Estonia President, honored for his nation's cybersecurity model known as X-Road. Warns the West to harden defenses against cyberattack and makes the case for a universal electronic ID. page
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Replacing Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android operating systems is unforeseeable for the next 10 years. The application ecosystems running on these OS would stop any wholesale OS replacement for 5 more years. We have a 15 year time frame requiring a bridge between current computer security and some form of 'genetic takeover'.
Mark Miller has spoken about Blockchains a key to future at the Foresight Institute. Joined with others writing about AGI (artificial general intelligence) and Cyber Insecurity. Further has advocated for a Distributed Smart Contracts Protocol that comes closest to vision towards a genetic takeover page
One lone protocol headed towards a genetic takeover is itself risky. A healthy ecosystem will generally have predators. We should advocate, build and foster competitive protocols.
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