“Captain Picard was something of an early adopter of multi-factor authentication. Whenever the Enterprise's auto-destruct sequence needed to be activated or canceled, the ship required authorization codes and confirmation from multiple senior officers. Even in the 24th century, apparently, you couldn't just blow up the Enterprise with a single password.”
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In the closing segment of the briefing, the host paid tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart and then explained what the tribute had to do with cybersecurity.
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…helped make that future feel worth pursuing. He also reminded us that intelligence and kindness weren't mutually exclusive, that leadership could be compassionate, and that even in a universe filled with extraordinary technology, the most important questions were still fundamentally human ones. Now, you might reasonably ask, what does this have to do with cybersecurity? Well, as it happens, Captain Picard was something of an early adopter of multi-factor authentication. Whenever the Enterprise's auto-destruct sequence needed to be activated or canceled, the ship required authorization codes and confirmation from multiple senior officers. Even in the 24th century, apparently, you couldn't just blow up the Enterprise with a single password. Sir Patrick Stewart gave us many wonderful performances over a long and extraordinary career. But for generations of us who looked to the stars and imagined a better future, he'll always be our captain. Thank you, Sir Patrick.
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