We live in a world where cybercrime has rapidly gone from science fiction to stark reality and it is becoming harder to expect that all hackers can be thwarted or as commonly declared “It’s not a matter of ‘if’ you’ve been hacked but a matter of ‘when’”. What then could the SEC do differently in the future to be better prepared for such an attack?
SEC is not mainly responsible in deflecting cyber attacks which are all happening everyday as there are people whose job is to get ahead of the security measures erected like a wall and create chaos in the cyber-world. However, each department of the government has their own I.T. division working everyday for their servers not to get infected with anything malicious programs and to prevent any hacking intrusions. We have to understand that this is a constant battle between the 'good' and the 'bad' elements and which side will eventually win will depend on how good are their people in always getting ahead of the competition.
This is one of the reason why we have Bitcoin and the blockchain technology which assured us that anything on the platform can not be changed or modified without the other part agreeing to it. Sadly, what can be hacked are the online wallet service providers storing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. I am expecting that with the help of the blockchain something will evolved in the security of these wallet providers.