Officials described the meeting as a "listening session" to develop new ideas around budding industries like AI, quantum computing and 5G.

As the magnitude of IoT devices increases, the DHS chief information officer said the key ingredient for future cyberdefense will be originality.

As U.S. technology companies begin to eye the unquestionable business opportunity presented by the conception of next generation wireless internet infrastructure — otherwise known as 5G — the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, is reminding them that cybersecurity must play a part in any and all ventures.