Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes: How Ukraine Has Highlighted Gaps in US Defense Technologies
How does a company that gets two million hack attempts each week think about security?
March 25, 2022
Summary.
Gregory Hayes, CEO and chairman of Raytheon Technologies, heads a company that gets two million hack attempts a week. “We spend roughly a billion dollars a year on IT, and a big chunk of that is for cyber,” he says. But actually, the best ways to keep company data safe are still the basics: the “daily hygiene” of vigilant employees looking out for phishing and other attacks. In this interview with HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius, Hayes discussed his company’s philosophy around technology and security, its role in defense, and the use of its technologies in the war in Ukraine.