2019 Cyber Threatscape Report

The 2018 Cyber Threatscape report noted the clear need for more effective use of actionable threat intelligence. With state-sponsored activities a growing force to be reckoned with, extended supply chain threats, targets against critical infrastructure and a surge in miner malware and more financially motivated advanced persistent threats, CISOs have had their work cut out to budget and act effectively.

Strong investment in cybersecurity has not been lacking. But despite these investments, the relentless creativity of cybercriminals continues to put pressure on organizations to be defense ready. Threat intelligence provides the right information to make better business decisions. But the scope of that intelligence is growing. Businesses could start evaluating their cyberpostures from many different perspectives—the cyberposture of suppliers, partners and acquisition targets are just as important as their own organizations to avoid opening up new security gaps or inviting in threat actors who are dormant or active on third-party networks.

The 2019 Cyber Threatscape report has discovered five factors that are influencing the cyberthreat landscape:

1. Compromising geopolitics: New threats emerge from disinformation and technology evolution
2. Cybercriminals adapt, hustle, diversify and are looking more like states
3. Hybrid motives pose new dangers in ransomware defense and response
4. Improved ecosystem hygiene is pushing threats to the supply chain, turning friends into frenemies
5. Life after meltdown: Vulnerabilities in compute cloud infrastructure demand costly solutions