QUICK FIRE
What do you consider to be the biggest cybersecurity threats in 2021 / 22 ? I think the biggest cybersecurity threats in the next two years will be the rapid evolution of ransomware as a service and the professionalism of cybercriminals . Also , the long tail of the change and digital workforce as we are still not quite sure what kind of longterm implications this will have on digital risks .
What technologies are you most excited about in the future when it comes to enhancing cybersecurity for the science or crime arena ? I ' m most excited about anything that helps us to automate our cybersecurity practices and operations . Anything that will help to respond to threats in realtime in the longer term . I ' m also keen to see how machine learning or artificial intelligence may be able to help blue teams to defend their organisations and their crown jewels .
What is the most effective way to secure your data ? The most effective way to protect data is to understand what data you have , why you have it , why it is important to you , and what you need to do with it . Without understanding what data is good for , and who needs to actually interact with it , it ’ s really difficult to find the right balance , protecting that data without paying too much or too little for it .
86 October 2021