Over the past week we have seen increased Phishing attempts that look as real as ever. The J2 Cyber Security Centre team had countless requests to release these attachments. This was because the users were expecting these statements as they usually receive them around this time of the month.

Conceptual understanding of automation and artificial intelligence dominate with contrary views over its impacts in terms of the human condition and specifically the cybersecurity headlines in the past few months, so it’s no surprise that this will remain a major trend going forward.

I suppose, considering the divergent views, one of the areas of consensus, at least to my mind, is that there will be at the very least, a greater adoption across the security industry, and that the practice will undoubtably be more effective in reducing the impacts of future attacks.

Current cybersecurity response frameworks are largely inadequate in terms of rising up to meet the demands of emerging threats and cyber programs. They often find themselves developed independently of business continuity and their requirements and operated in silos which in itself is a massive risk. With the rise of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, that are by their very nature insidious, are capable of crippling your business and permanently destroying IT systems at a whim.

As more organisations are consuming and offering services in the cloud, they are forever facing challenges by balancing customer experience and the increase of their surveillance capabilities. Enterprises are feeling the brunt of these changes. While cloud, in all its various guises, continues to shape digital strategies, how are security professionals adapting? Not just to cloud technologies, but also to the increased focus on privacy that the GDPR has brought within the overall context of a government that’s eager to increase its powers. Imagine for a moment; if you will, please indulge me on 3 major breaches and if GDPR was enforce –