CISOs: Don't Rely Solely On Technical Defences In 2025
ComputerWeekly, Thursday, December 12th, 2024
From Covid-19 to war in Ukraine, SolarWinds Sunburst, Kaseya, Log4j, MOVEit and more, the past five years brought cyber to mainstream attention, but what comes next? The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank looks ahead to the second half of the 2020s
Threats have been more sophisticated, unpredictable and harder to pin down. Attackers don't just exploit technical weaknesses - they target human behaviour, organisational blind spots, and even regulatory loopholes. From spear phishing and deepfake fraud to misinformation generated by artificial intelligence (AI), cyber criminals are using emerging technologies to launch attacks with precision and ease. This means the old playbook of relying solely on technical defences isn't enough anymore.