Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed countless cyber-attacks and massive data breaches. If we take a closer look at some of the more recent larger hacks such as Facebook, Uber, Yahoo and Capital One, we see that these breaches are hitting very advanced companies who often have extremely large security budgets.
These breaches leave them with serious financial and reputational damage, leading to a chaotic crisis management process which costs hundreds of millions of dollars and can take years to recover from, in the best case scenario.
The fundamental pillars of the security world have started to change over the last few years, and these changes are directly impacting the way in which companies approach their information security. I believe there are four emerging trends which will change the way all companies protect themselves in the coming two years.
The first trend is the recognition of the importance of cybersecurity within the organization. While in the past cybersecurity and risk management were afterthoughts, today cyber risk has become the number one operational risk.
Cyber-attacks are a constant threat, everywhere, all the time and can cripple an entire…
