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Cybersecurity's Broken Model: The Cost Of Overcomplication And Underperformance

Cyber Defense Magazine, Tuesday, February 4th, 2025

Global cybersecurity spend reached a record $79.2 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow by almost 10% this year - a reflection of the evolving, and increasingly nefarious threats in our hyper-digital world.

On paper, that's a good thing. More investment should mean better protection, right?

Yes, it should.

But, despite the rise in spending, in the first half of 2024 alone there was still a 14% increase in reports of compromised data compared to the same period last year, impacting around 1.07 billion victims.

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