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What to Expect in Cybersecurity for 2019

HADI HOSN | January 9, 2019 | 86 views

Security professionals are tasked with outwitting adversaries and mitigating risk in a threat landscape that's evolving faster than ever before. The stakes are high, as the seemingly endless list of damaging breaches last year demonstrated. This organizational struggle isn't new, but when looking at 2019, it's important to remember that whatever threat trends proliferate, business leaders cannot overlook the role security and risk management play in their overall strategy. Offensive and defensive tactics are changing, and though predicting what might happen in the future is a difficult task, what's most valuable to safeguard against threat actors is a holistic strategy that focuses on tactics, not tools, and that supports the growth and maturity of your security program.

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