As we cross the halfway mark of this year, we need to evaluate and understand the rising complexity of cyberthreats that are transforming our digital landscape. From disruptive phishing campaigns to AI-exploited threats, cybercrime in India is escalating. Yet, amid the whirlwind of high-profile data breaches, we witness the resilience of our digital fortress with proactive measures from government agencies, businesses, and individuals.

The National Industrial Security Program (NISP), the authority within the United States for access to classified data by government contractors. Have outlined requirements to ensure continued availability and integrity of classified data, and prevent its unauthorised disclosure. The operating manual (NISPOM) affects all government agencies and commercial contractors who have access to classified data.

For the longest time within the cybersecurity industry, we have had Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) whose role is to set the strategic direction for Information Security within an organisation. But what are the stepping stones to becoming a CISO? In the past, this has been a difficult question to answer, but typically the CISO is someone who moved up through the ranks in IT and developed additional knowledge and skills related to data protection, privacy and risk management.

Trustwave has achieved supplier status with Bridgepointe, a tech advisory firm that helps mid-market and enterprise companies transform tech investments into unrivaled business results. The Bridgepointe deals connects Trustwave to Bridgepointe’s expansive network to provide Trustwave security consulting, managed detection and response, threat hunting, co-managed SOC, database security, and email security services to their set of clients.

There is no question that cybersecurity is on the brink of an AI revolution. The cloud security industry, for example, with its complexity and chronic talent shortage, has the potential to be radically impacted by AI. Yet the exact nature of this revolution remains uncertain, largely because the AI-based future of cybersecurity is still being invented, step by step.