Cyber Magazine August 2024 | Page 5

FOREWORD Addressing The Ever -Expanding Attack Surface

As organisations move forward with digital transformations - embracing the cloud and AI - the added infrastructure they now need to defend becomes a challenge

“ Protecting everything is soul destroying , given it ' s practically an impossible task ”

Digital transformations can be an exciting and stressful time for organisations . Although the successful implementation of which may seem like the end of it , the very benefit it brings - further capabilities with cloud computing - has now brought with it additional risks that organisations need to address : an expanded attack surface .

The idea of keeping everything secure in this new era may prove futile . Lack of resources , budget , staff , time and just too much to consider means that even the most obsessive in the industry will have to consider other approaches . Luckily , there are methods that exist , and that ’ s one of the subjects we ’ ll be exploring in this issue .
We ’ ll also be taking a renewed look at ransomware , the surge that just won ’ t subside ; whether SIEM is still up to the task , data security in the age of Gen AI , an interview with McAfee on their new Deepfake Detector and more .
KRISTIAN MCCANN
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