ISF Podcast S34 Ep1: Threat Horizon 2027: Grasping for Control
Apr 29, 2025
25:12
Today, Steve talks about ISF's flagship foresight report "Threat Horizon 2027: Grasping for Control." In a world defined by disruption and acceleration, this report offers not just a forecast of cyber threats, but a blueprint for resilience, and Steve walks listeners through the key themes.
Key Takeaways:
1 Flexibility will be key in an increasingly volatile world.
2 Cyber must be considered in every aspect of an organization’s operations.
3 Control is possible, even if it sometimes doesn’t feel like it.
Tune in to hear more about:
1 Why identity is becoming more and more important for businesses (2:24)
2 How senior leaders can prepare for the future (17:06)
3 Why control is still possible (21:42)
Standout Quotes:
1 “Identity is really the cornerstone of everything that we do in the digital world, and it's fast becoming one of the most critical areas for business leaders to understand and take seriously.” - Steve Durbin
2 “Leaders need to understand the economic impact of cyber risk. What are the potential costs of disruption? How would a breach affect reputation, revenue, operations? It's the reputational bit, for instance, in my case, that worries me the most. And once you start thinking in those terms. You can make many more business-aligned, informed decisions about what you are going to do because you stop looking at the cost of doing something and instead you flip it and look at the implications and associated costs of not doing it.” - Steve Durbin
3 “I think that business leaders as a group, tend to be pretty resilient individuals. I've worked a lot with entrepreneurs, and they are probably some of the most resilient that I've ever come across because they have to be. And one of the things that they always believe in, I've found, is that irrespective of what's going on around you, control is still possible. But in order to have that level of control, it takes foresight, it takes focus, and I think above all it takes flexibility and, I would say, courage.” - Steve Durbin
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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.
Key Takeaways:
1 Flexibility will be key in an increasingly volatile world.
2 Cyber must be considered in every aspect of an organization’s operations.
3 Control is possible, even if it sometimes doesn’t feel like it.
Tune in to hear more about:
1 Why identity is becoming more and more important for businesses (2:24)
2 How senior leaders can prepare for the future (17:06)
3 Why control is still possible (21:42)
Standout Quotes:
1 “Identity is really the cornerstone of everything that we do in the digital world, and it's fast becoming one of the most critical areas for business leaders to understand and take seriously.” - Steve Durbin
2 “Leaders need to understand the economic impact of cyber risk. What are the potential costs of disruption? How would a breach affect reputation, revenue, operations? It's the reputational bit, for instance, in my case, that worries me the most. And once you start thinking in those terms. You can make many more business-aligned, informed decisions about what you are going to do because you stop looking at the cost of doing something and instead you flip it and look at the implications and associated costs of not doing it.” - Steve Durbin
3 “I think that business leaders as a group, tend to be pretty resilient individuals. I've worked a lot with entrepreneurs, and they are probably some of the most resilient that I've ever come across because they have to be. And one of the things that they always believe in, I've found, is that irrespective of what's going on around you, control is still possible. But in order to have that level of control, it takes foresight, it takes focus, and I think above all it takes flexibility and, I would say, courage.” - Steve Durbin
Read the transcript of this episode
Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts
Connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter
From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.