Cybersecurity in the Oil and Gas Sector
Cybersecurity in the oil and gas sector is a critical issue of national and economic security, focused on protecting the industrial control systems (ICS) that manage highly volatile physical processes…
How Deepfakes Are Used in Cyber Attacks
Deepfakes are used in cyberattacks primarily for sophisticated social engineering, impersonation fraud, and spreading disinformation. By using artificial intelligence to create highly realistic but entirely fake audio and video, attackers…
Why Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Responsibility
Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility because the vast majority of successful cyberattacks are caused by a simple human error, not a sophisticated technological failure. In our hyper-connected world of September 2,…
Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap Worldwide
Bridging the cybersecurity skills gap requires a multi-faceted approach focused on expanding the educational pipeline, upskilling and reskilling the existing workforce, leveraging technology as a force multiplier, and fostering a…
Cybersecurity as a National Defense Strategy
Cybersecurity is a core component of modern national defense, serving as both a shield to protect a nation’s critical infrastructure and a sword to project power and conduct espionage in…
The Role of Cyber Insurance in Modern Businesses
The role of cyber insurance is to act as a financial safety net that helps a business survive the catastrophic and often unpredictable costs of a major cyberattack. As of…
How Cybersecurity Affects Stock Markets and Investors
Cybersecurity affects stock markets and investors by causing immediate stock price drops following a breach, eroding long-term company value due to reputational damage, attracting costly regulatory penalties, and creating a…
The Rise of Nation-State Cyber Warfare
The rise of nation-state cyber warfare marks the establishment of cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of conflict, alongside land, sea, air, and space, where governments use digital weapons to achieve…
How Ransomware-as-a-Service is Changing Cybercrime
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) is changing cybercrime by professionalizing and scaling the deployment of ransomware, transforming it from a niche, high-skill attack into a widespread criminal industry with a franchise-like business model.…
Cybersecurity in the Age of Internet of Everything (IoE)
The primary cybersecurity challenge in the age of the Internet of Everything (IoE) is securing a hyper-connected world where the attack surface is not just every device, but every process,…