Dan Geer, CISO for In-Q-Tel, delivers his keynote on “Cybersecurity as Realpolitik” to Black Hat USA 2014 attendees. This year’s conference drew more than 9,000 attendees and 180 speakers.  Photo courtesy of Black Hat USA

With the nature of security quickly evolving to encompass both physical and cybersecurity at its very core, software manufacturers and security experts are finding themselves in a precarious situation – balancing between what is required and what is needed.