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10806673666?profile=RESIZE_400xThe US National Security Agency’s No. 2 official said on 7 September that the US still outpaces foreign adversaries when it comes to cybersecurity and technology thanks to the country’s “open society.”  The US and its democratic allies “enjoy things that cannot be replicated easily in autocratic societies,” the NSA’s deputy director, said during the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, DC.[1] 

“The grist of that is innovation.  Innovation sparks creativity and solutions.  That puts us