Today, the average American leaves the house with a smartphone that has more computing power than the systems that landed humans on the moon. The Internet of Things (IoT) enables refrigerators to tell you that you’re running out of milk and cars to provide assisted driving. The reality is that the knowledge economy is in full swing, and the modern world’s relationship with technology has advanced to a state where nearly all aspects of our daily lives are touched by the internet. As a result, threats to cybersecurity are among the most critical issues facing the world today, holding the capacity to disrupt political, economic and individual activities around the world.
Even as an entire industry emerges to develop innovative and improved defenses against cyber threats, malicious actors continue to develop more sophisticated tactics for exploiting vulnerabilities.