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Desk tops these days. they sit in our mobile devices. they control the power grids. yes, they're in airplanes as well. and any computer system if not properly protected, can be hacked. now, what roberts said he did is he connected his laptop into the seat electronic box, which is located in some aircraft directly under the seat and from there just using a simple username and password the default ones was able to break into the in-flight entertainment system and from there jump electronically into the system control aircraft. >> he said he did this multiple times, yes? >> yeah he said he's done...

Saying, we don't have the security internally. so we got to -- >> whatever they provide doesn't seem to work. the advantage to doing security as of a service. is because you get the depth and the breadth. they work now sands of cases a year, not just one a year. you've got global operations. that's what you're seeing is that you're seeing all the global capability now. that's where a lot of companies have not been able to be successful, and when they -- you'll see a lot more companies and acquisitions in the security space because this is becoming very important. >> i wonder, a lot of people s...

>> okay. when i'm primarily dealing with the security space, and ever more so since the malaysians themselves came out 36 hours ago and said that they were looking at four scenarios, hijacking, sabotage and psychological or personal problems amongst passengers and crew. certainly a lot of the people i'm speaking to are seriously worried that there may be something like pilot suicide as an issue here. that would give every explanation as to why there would be no communication from the aircraft. it wouldn't be the first time. in november last year we had a mozambique airlines pilot who decided t...