Ep073: The Evolving Threat Landscape – Reshaping Cybersecurity Practices

AI transformation of cybersecurity landscape from past tactical focus

CISO accountability and regulatory pressures increasing significantly

Attack surface expanding beyond traditional network boundaries

Quantum computing threatens current cryptographic protections

Defenders remain understaffed and outmatched against sophisticated threats

Securonix leads SIEM/SOAR space with 1000+ global customers

World Economic Forum identifies misinformation/disinformation as major crisis

AI benefits attackers more than defenders currently

Small/medium enterprises falling below cyber poverty line

AI enables faster, more sophisticated malware development

Deepfakes caused $25M loss in Hong Kong CFO impersonation

Digital tsunami: broadband, IoT, cloud everywhere expanding attack surface

50+ democracies face election security challenges in 2024

Cloud intrusions increased 75% between 2022-2023

Quantum-resistant cryptography transition needed within 10 years

SEC regulations require specific cybersecurity incident disclosure guidelines

4 million unfilled cybersecurity positions globally

Cybercrime-as-a-Service growing, estimated $1.6B annual revenue

81% of organizations faced ransomware attacks in 2023

Insider threats increasing with remote work adoption

30,000+ vulnerabilities published last year, half critical/high

Mean time to exploit now 44 days

Securonix Eon leverages AI to increase analyst efficiency

Dark web selling corporate credentials for $10,000

Balance needed between protection and detection/response investments