Speaking at this week's Forbes CIO Next virtual summit, Jeffrey Seaton said he’s also focused on defending NASA’s systems and personnel against rapidly escalating cyber threats.
NASA’s work on everything from space missions to studying climate change means that the U.S. agency generates mountains of data every day. Jeffrey Seaton, its CIO, is convinced quantum computers, which harness some of the exotic phenomena of quantum physics to generate unprecedented amounts of computing power, will be key to unlocking many more hugely valuable insights from that information treasure trove.
Since taking over the top tech job and the $2 billion-plus annual budget that comes with it, Seaton’s been on a personal mission to improve the software and hardware available to NASA’s 65,000 full-time government employees and contractors. Giving its researchers access to more computing power is one of his top priorities, which explains why the agency is experimenting with quantum technology. Freeing up more internal data to apply that processing power to is another.
Seaton’s optimistic the strategy will reap big dividends. “Maybe data from [our] engineering group could be connected with data from the safety and mission assurance group, and together [they] could create opportunities not seen before.
Cyber defense remains a top priority for Seaton and his team, and it’s an area where the center sets rules and standards that have to be followed across the agency. That approach includes using AI-powered security software which aims to block suspicious emails and insisting that code is regularly updated for software “patches” that eliminate known vulnerabilities. It also means educating NASA employees about how to avoid being fooled by attackers.
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