How Geopolitical Friction Is Redefining Cyber Resilience

Hyperconnectivity underpins globalization and brings economies closer. Shared networks, cloud platforms and global supply chains are all but erasing geographical boundaries. But these digital threads are being exploited by nations to pursue rivalries, and organizations are getting caught in the crossfire.

Geoeconomic confrontation is at the forefront of the risks most likely to precipitate a global crisis. Security leaders must be prepared to operate in an environment that's on a razor’s edge, and build a resilience framework that addresses geopolitical risks.

Cyber risk and the resultant resilience framework built to address it were always seen through a technical lens. The focus was on system vulnerabilities that needed to be patched. This approach still holds, but security teams now must ask themselves which geopolitical entity might want to disrupt their organization and for what purpose. For 64% of organizations, geopolitics is firmly on the risk radar. What keeps them up at night is espionage and attacks that could take down critical infrastructure. Another reason for worry is that state-funded threat actors are patient. They're not looking to smash and grab like cat burglars, but opting to establish long-term hooks that can infiltrate and disrupt at will.

The paradox of AI is that it's becoming the key driver to reshaping cybersecurity and the biggest enabler for creating fake content at scale and speed. Think of a fabricated statement or a cloned voice of a senior executive that can damage a company's reputation within hours.

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