Cybersecurity

5 cybersecurity lessons from ancient battles

Cybersecurity is the freshest thing out there. Few fully understand it but everyone now knows how important it is. But just because it’s new doesn’t mean lessons from the past can’t be applied.

That was the thrust of a presentation by ZeroFOX head security writer Spencer Wolfe and NATO Ambassador to the Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence Kenneth Geers at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Wolfe set up the conversation, offering five important lessons from the major battles that shaped the ancient western world, from the rise of Greece to the fall of Rome. Geers followed up each lesson with how it applies to the modern world of cybersecurity.