In 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) went into force, mandating bolstered cybersecurity mechanism in a wide variety of everyday hardware and software products. “From baby-monitors to smart-watches, products and software that contain a digital component are omnipresent in our daily lives,” the European Commission noted in a statement.
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Cyber inequity usually means those forming the supply chains and partners of more equipped organizations are most vulnerable, causing insecurity within the whole ecosystem. Cyber inequity is usually driven by a lack of prioritization, experience, regulation and connectivity, as well as the costs of cybersecurity.
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1. Progress in cybersecurity, but access must be widened. Public and private investments in security technologies, as well as broader efforts to tackle cybercrime, defend critical infrastructure, and raise public awareness about cybersecurity, are likely to reap tangible payoffs by 2030. Cybersecurity will be less about “defending fortresses ...
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5. Difficulty tracking cyber criminals. Being a cyber criminal offers big rewards and few risks since, until recently, the likelihood of detection and prosecution of a cybercriminal was estimated to be as low as 0.05% in the US. This percentage is even lower in many other countries.
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How leaders should approach cybersecurity in the post-COVID world. COVID-19 is accelerating the digital transformation of business, especially retail, education and healthcare. Rapid, unplanned digitisation increases the risk and impact of cyberattacks. Leaders should take a systemic approach to cybersecurity in three phases.
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The report illuminates major findings and puts a spotlight on the widening cyber inequity and the profound impact of emerging technologies. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024, produced in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will affect economies and societies in the year to come.
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As the world grapples with an era of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated disinformation and misinformation and heightened cyber risks, here are 10 headline events and stats you need to know about global cybersecurity in 2024. 1. Ransomware and the US election. Last month, the US Federal Bureau of ...
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This white paper explores the risks and opportunities associated with emerging technologies, presenting data-driven insights and recommendations for enhancing cyber resilience. As society moves further into the digital age, emerging technologies offer new opportunities for growth and efficiency. However, such advances bring a significant ...
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The landscape of cyber threats will include more sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques, such as advanced phishing campaigns and deepfakes, for which organizations must prepare. New regulations require and will galvanize more cybersecurity expertise in the boardroom plus strategic risk management and third-party risk assessment to enhance cyber resilience.
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These advances in digitalization have led to increasingly frequent, costly and damaging cyber incidents. The World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 presents critical findings from 120 global cyber leaders on how to shift from cybersecurity to cyber resilience. Digitalization has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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