CISOs Say Hackers Could Gain Upper Hand By 2020 by Jeff Goldman.
From the post:
A recent RAND Corporation study based on interviews with 18 chief information security officers (CISOs) found that while companies are spending more and more on cyber security tools, they aren’t confident their data is secure, and many CISOs believe attackers are gaining on corporate defenses.
Even though worldwide spending on cyber security is approaching $70 billion a year and is continuing to grow at 10 to 15 percent annually, many CISOs told RAND they believe hackers may gain the upper hand between two and five years from now.
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[What?]
Really? “….[H]ackers may gain the upper hand between two to five years from now.”
I’m not sure where RAND found the CISOs interviewed for this study but it makes me question those studies of nuclear war that RAND did back in the day.
Just a few of the more noteworthy hacks:
Banking hack heist yields up to $1 billion
Massive breach at health care company Anthem Inc.
Sony Data Breach Worse Than Expected
Home Depot Breach Hit 56 Million Credit And Debit Cards
Why the “biggest government hack ever” got past the feds
Perhaps these hackers didn’t get the RAND report. They aren’t supposed to have the upper hand for another two to five years.
Could just be me but given the track record of both large and small data breaches, I would say that hackers have the upper hand right now.
How about you?