Joe Brennan: Future federal leases should think about building firewalls

The global cybersecurity market is currently a $107 billion industry. That value is expected to jump nearly 10 percent each year to $170 billion by 2020.

The global cybersecurity market is currently a $107 billion industry. That value is expected to jump nearly 10 percent each year to $170 billion by 2020. Cybersecurity is a growing priority for agencies across the federal government from defense and the industrial sector, down to food and agriculture. But one big factor all agencies need to consider weaving cybersecurity into as they plan for the future is real estate. Joe Brennan is managing director for the Government Investor Services team at Jones Lang LaSalle. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how current cybersecurity laws and initiatives will shape federally leased real estate.

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