Cybersecurity

Former homeland security secretary speaks out on cyber threats

 Tom Ridge takes a stroll through his office, Ridge Global, a security consulting firm in Washington D.C. A position fitting for the first Homeland Security Advisor, appointed in the days after 9/11.

"I think the nature of terrorism has changed and look at the tools now. They've gone from that to knives, vehicles, guns almost back to the future," Ridge said.

The terror he believes, moves into the digital age. One of the things the former Pennsylvania Governor does at his firm is protect people from cyber threats. Attacks Ridge called the 'new normal.'

"There's a lot of pluses living in the digital world but frankly we gotta spend a little more time learning about the negative side," Ridge said.

While he said the US government is doing everything they can to protect Americans from potential cyber threats, he says the vulnerability of this wide-open system is still there. He believes that same vulnerability was seen in 2016 with the potential Russian hacking in the American election process.