There were so many notable things that have happened in 2022, here’s some to name a few. We have gotten back to a “normal” state of being or have accepted the new “normal”. While ThreatQuotient enjoyed meeting some new faces on the Hangin’ with Haig episodes.

Threat actors continue to work faster and show greater sophistication in their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Meanwhile, organizations struggle to keep pace because they are strapped by the persistent shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals which, exacerbated by the pandemic, grew by 26.2% over the past year.

As threats have continued to evolve, enterprises have made significant investments in security infrastructure and security operations is maturing. C-Suites and Boards are increasingly involved in security decision making and studies show that they are doubling down on security investments, which are expected to grow from $262.4 billion in 2021 to $458.9 billion in 2025.

It is always interesting to learn about real-world examples of technologies at work. So, when ThreatQuotient invited me to share how we at Sysdig are using the ThreatQ Platform to enhance our cloud detection and response solutions, I was happy to participate.

As cyber threats intensify and the human and financial resources available to deal with them remain limited, there is a growing need for automation in cybersecurity. The intelligent automation of key cybersecurity processes can significantly improve an organization’s posture and at the same time support under-pressure employees by reducing reliance on manual processes.

As cyber threats intensify and the human and financial resources available to deal with them remain limited, there is a growing need for automation in cybersecurity. The intelligent automation of key cybersecurity processes can significantly improve an organization’s posture and at the same time support under-pressure employees by reducing reliance on manual processes.

Nowadays, organizations are exposed to a high volume of security related information. Unfortunately, most of these organizations have little to no capabilities of using this information in a proactive manner, i.e. using information to try to change or anticipate an outcome. In other words, using information to produce intelligence products. It is safe to say that few of these organizations have a clear understanding of what Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is and what it is not.

As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) 2022, the final topic we’ll cover is updating software and patching vulnerabilities. According to the 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) from Verizon one of the top paths threat actors use to infiltrate organizations is exploiting vulnerabilities. And there appears to be no end in sight as the number of unique security vulnerabilities rose almost 10% in 2021, up to 20,142 from 18,351 in 2020.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in Q2 of 2022 there were 1,097,811 total phishing attacks. This marks the worst quarter for phishing observed to date, exceeding Q1 of 2022 which was the first time the three-month total exceeded one million.