With 1 in 2 organizations suffering a successful cyberattack over the past three years, the global cost of cybercrime in 2024 could reach $14.57 trillion (see References below for sources). 2023 represented a new high-water mark for cyberattacks like data breaches and ransomware, as detailed month by month in this PTP article.
On December 15th, the US government’s new SEC Rules also came into effect, requiring public companies to report on breaches within 4 days or face major consequences, and this is just one of the regulatory changes coming due to this stunning boom in cyberattacks.
With the threat landscape continuing to evolve, organizations must also continually adapt to keep up. But as Kirk Hasty, a Senior Technical Product Manager at Carbon Black suggests, the human element remains central to any initiative:
“We have talked to our customers about supply chain attacks, keeping vulnerabilities identified, patched, and remediated as soon as possible, and consistently focusing on this. It is important to keep end users trained on things like being diligent when checking emails or clicking on links and not making rash decisions when an email or phone call pressures them to make a quick decision.”
In today’s PTP Report, we look into three cybersecurity trends for the 2024 year: the reality of emerging Zero Trust Security, AI-powered threats and defenses, and the ever-increasing demand for (and lack of) cybersecurity experts.
Zero Trust Security Is Now for Real
Many traditional cybersecurity systems have been strained, or even broken, by the increase in remote workers and the geographic distribution of teams, as detailed in this PTP piece.
As Hasty says: