The World Economic Forum ranked cybercrime among the top seven risks of highest concern to organizations in its Global Risks Report 2020. While there is still a broad spectrum for cyber attacks—ranging from the simple and mundane, to more sophisticated advanced persistent threats, to complex nation state attacks, attackers continue to raise the bar in terms of techniques and exploits. The COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine efforts around the globe provided even greater opportunity for attackers to prey on the chaos and confusion. The constantly evolving threat landscape requires that organizations continually adapt new approaches to cybersecurity.
Qualys addressed this issue during a CISO panel discussion at the Qualys Security Conference (QSC) EMEA 2021 earlier this year. Giuseppe Brizio, CISO EMEA for Qualys facilitated the roundtable, which included former Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot, and current interim CEO and Chief Product Officer Sumedh Thakar, along with Jared Carsten, CISO at CRH, Bruno Laurent, Cyber Defense Head for AXA, and Alain Simon, Corporate VP and CISO for Amadeus. The panel talked about the challenges organizations face today with cybersecurity,…