Bill Clinton and James Patterson on Collaboration and Cybersecurity

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• Episode: Bill Clinton and James Patterson on Collaboration and Cybersecurity
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• Duration: 00:15:15
• Published: 2018-06-05 17:51

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discuss their new novel, The President is Missing, in which a fictional president fights a cybersecurity attack amid intense political dysfunction. The coauthors share their lessons for collaborating across disparate skillsets — “clarity on the objective” and “don’t be afraid to admit what you don’t know.” They also talk about their research into cybersecurity threats and how realistic their thriller scenario could be.