Organizations are being taken apart in cyberspace. Across the globe the total number of internet users has increased to four billion with an expected addition of one to two billion new users in Asia and elsewhere by the end of the decade. More data is being created and stored across more devices and data centers around the world than ever before. Yet access to data has increased without a commensurate or popular understanding of cybersecurity risk. The result is that the world is behind in cybersecurity and vulnerable to a range of digitally enabled attacks.
Intruders regularly gain access to sensitive data and impact key missions in public safety, finance, and national security but also manipulate data in political campaigns, alter research institution data, and impact public health security. Every day we learn about another intrusion and mass data theft.