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LW ROUNDTABLE — How 2024’s cyber threats will transform the security landscape in 2025

The Last Watchdog

Continuing our look back at 2024, part two of Last Watchdogs year-ender roundtable turns its focus to emerging threats vs. evolving defense tactics. Part two of a four-part series The explosion of AI-driven phishing, insider threats, and business logic abuse has forced a shift toward more proactive, AI-enhanced defenses.

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LW ROUNDTABLE:  Predictive analytics, full-stack visualization to solidify cyber defenses in 2025

The Last Watchdog

FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. Despite widespread cloud adoption, most SecOps teams rely on outdated, on-premises alert tools, leading to missed threats and wasted resources on false positives.

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Secure Communications: Relevant or a Nice to Have?

Jane Frankland

But as a CISO or cyber risk owner, it’s not just about locking down sensitive informationits about doing it without slowing down your people. According to Microsoft’s Digital Dfense Report 2024 , 37% of the 600 million attacks they face daily can be attributed to nation-state threat actors.

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Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal

SecureWorld News

Based on data from more than 30,000 security incidents and more than 10,000 confirmed breaches, this year's report reveals a threat landscape where speed, simplicity, and stolen credentials dominate. Threat actors aren't brute-forcing their way inthey're logging in through the front door. The median time to click was just 21 minutes.

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Russia's COLDRIVER Targets Western Entities with 'LOSTKEYS' Malware

SecureWorld News

The development marks a significant escalation in COLDRIVER's cyber espionage activities, which have traditionally focused on credential phishing. and Chairman, Cedric Leighton Associates, LLC, always has great insights into international threats. VJ Viswanathan , Founding Partner at CYFORIX (Former CISO & Sr.

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Deloitte-NASCIO Study: AI and Cyber Threats Reshape the Landscape

SecureWorld News

CISOs report a growing focus on managing AI-generated vulnerabilities and addressing insider threats amplified by the misuse of advanced AI tools. On the one hand, AI helps automate security processes and enhances threat detection. Since our 2022 survey, nearly half of the states—23 of them to be exact—have new CISOs.

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CISA Cuts: What They Mean for Cyber Defense for All

SecureWorld News

Regardless of your political views, we must all agree that equipping our government with best cybersecurity talent, technology, and resources is critical to protecting our national interests," said Bruce Jenkins, CISO at Black Duck. cybersecuritya period marked by tightening budgets and surging threats.