Our future is dependent on data and digital infrastructure. We now have a complex tapestry of public-private partnerships, connected ecosystems, and information infrastructures. And as the degree of interconnectedness and dependency increases, so does the interest from those looking to attack and exploit those infrastructures.
Breakthrough technologies also pose new security, privacy and ethical challenges and raise fundamental questions about trust in digital systems. This is the environment in which global commerce needs to thrive, and we need to address concerns now as we innovate, not retrospectively when it's too late.
The annual Cybersecurity considerations report identifies eight considerations that CISOs should prioritize in the year ahead as they seek to accelerate recovery times, reduce the impact of incidents on employees, customers and partners and aim to ensure their security plans enable — rather than expose — the business. The report also explores the key actions CISOs should take to meet the challenges ahead and to help ensure security is the organization's golden thread, woven into the business across the board — providing the basis for trust.