Asking the question about how much IT security is enough is about as useful as enquiring about the length of a piece of string. The answer is, “it depends”. What is certain, however, is that the threat landscape is changing. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers risks and opportunities, and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have increased the likelihood that critical national infrastructure and major enterprises in the West will be targeted.
Steven Sim Kok Leong, chair of the executive committee at the Operational Technology Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, expects to see the extent of ransomware attacks, data breaches and fraud continue to rise.
