Security News > 2021 > March > Digital dependence and innovation: Two critical trends in cyber espionage and crime

In the evolution of cyber-attacks I'd argue while the fundamentals have stayed the same there have been two major critical changes recently in the past few years among nation-state and criminal attackers that require us to thoroughly understand and respond in a different manner than in the past.

Most of the world and in most industries we've reached the tipping point in our digital dependence on our IT infrastructure and it has drawn attackers in.

Digital innovation has given attackers a vicious edge that has expanded their speed, depth and breadth like never before.

For the good guys, digital innovation has become a critical competitive differentiator and it has led to our attack surface to include whether by application, by network, supply-chain or through countless as-a-service offerings a large array of interconnected entities.

Turning digital dependence and innovation back on the attackers.

If digital dependence means the current trend in attacks affects us all globally, the most powerful takeaway is how we can better defend ourselves in an easier and better fashion by incorporating that digital innovation that we use in other portions of the enterprise within cybersecurity.

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