During the brunch round table mentioned earlier, one of the CISOs said they expected to hear many things about security budgets, or, more specifically, the lack of security budgets. Security financing was a subject that was raised frequently, because many security professionals were not afraid to say that they were faced with a delicate balance to manage budget cuts with the increase in costs of cyber-incidents.
IT and security services must do a better work to learn the language of business leaders and to explain how and why cybersecurity is part of the business model and global commercial operations. But if the security budget reductions continue, the dismissals of experienced security personnel and the inability to obtain the tools necessary to follow the latest threats, in particular around IA security models – companies will be affected by cyber attacks, and the costs will be higher than budget cuts.
It is clear from the RSAC of this year that we are just at the forefront of the iceberg with regard to the progress of the AI - and the threshing media that surrounds it does not seem to go nowhere. But what concern of security, emerging technology or the new word in fashion marketing will be a level of mind for the participants in the RSAC of next year?