... members in their IT teams which means a reduced focus on security specialists.
Midsize enterprises face security risks from five major sources: 1) cyber criminals, 2) insiders, 3) hacktivists, 4) hackers and 5) nation/governance.
To overcome these risks, midsize security leaders need to invest in ...
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... Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, explained how treating cybersecurity as a business decision helps engage decision makers and balance accountability for cyber risk among IT and business leadership. Key Takeaways
“Cybersecurity investment is broken, and we need to go beyond current thinking to fix it.”
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... security outside of IT, including operational and mission-critical technology environments. The convergence of enterprise data, privacy, supply chain, cyber-physical systems (CPS) and cloud requires an integrated security approach. CIOs should link adaptive security to broader digital innovation, transformation ...
... guide public sector leaders to deliver better, faster and increasingly more cost-effective citizen services. “Escalating global turmoil, continual cyber threats and the adoption of AI are putting increasing pressure on governments to meet citizen demands faster and more creatively than ever before,” ...
... security strategy."
The sheer volume of devices and access vectors implied by a digital workplace, coupled with the increase in sophisticated, dynamic attack methods and insider threats, makes the traditional approach of focusing on preventive controls (such as signature-based anti-malware, network and host ...
... own the responsibility for cybersecurity. However, the IT organization alone cannot provide cybersecurity anymore.
The rise of social engineering attacks, such as phishing, require a broader behavioral change of all employees. In 24 percent of the digitally top performing organizations in Asia/Pacific ...
... business acceleration and in long-term agility: 1) win differently, 2) unleash force multipliers, 3) banish drags and 4) redirect resources.”
“As new attack surfaces appear due to the shift to remote work, CIOs reported prioritizing investments in cybersecurity primarily, followed by business intelligence ...
... double-edged sustainability source, and it will be critical that CIOs are able to measure gains versus losses.” By 2026, citizen-led denial of service (CDoS) attacks, using virtual assistants to shut down operations, will become the fastest growing form of protest. “Virtual personal assistant capabilities make activism ...
... create deepfakes that closely resemble the original. This includes everything from voice and video impersonation to fake art, as well as targeted attacks. The serious ethical concerns involved could harm reputations or cause political conflicts. Black-box nature: These models still require careful training ...