Security News > 2022 > December > 2022 Top Five Immediate Threats in Geopolitical Context

As we are nearing the end of 2022, looking at the most concerning threats of this turbulent year in terms of testing numbers offers a threat-based perspective on what triggers cybersecurity teams to check how vulnerable they are to specific threats.

These are the threats that were most tested to validate resilience with the Cymulate security posture management platform between January 1st and December 1st, 2022.

The number of immediate threats attributed to Iran has jumped from 8 to 17, more than double of the similar 2021 period.

Cymulate associated seven immediate threats with Lazarus since January 1st, 2022.

In conclusion, as of the five most concerning threats this year, four have been directly linked with state-sponsored threat actors and the threat actors behind the fifth one are unknown, it appears that geopolitical tensions are at the root of the most burning threat concerns for cybersecurity teams.

As state-sponsored attackers typically have access to cyber resources unattainable by most companies, pre-emptive defense against complex attacks should concentrate on security validation and continuous processes focused on identifying and closing in-context security gaps.

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