Information Security Management, 2nd Edition

3.1 Getting to Know Your Adversary

The Global Risks Report¹ indicates that one of the most pressing issues the world is facing involves information- and cybersecurity-related matters. What’s interesting about this report is that it chronicles attack trends that have increased every year since this group began tracking them. The report also illustrates that cyberattacks have nearly the same likelihood and impact as natural disasters. We can infer from this that the likelihood we will have to deal with a cyberattack in our lifetime is very high, and that the threats are imminent and continuous. Furthermore, as we become more connected through the cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and automation, we will encounter new threats to deal with, which ...