Cybersecurity threats and the challenge of finding skilled professionals to defend networks are major concerns and fears for many organizations. As of 2023, there is a global shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals to fill critical organizational roles.1 Adversaries and threat actors are aware of this threat. They will find ways to continue penetrating networks and retrieving information critical to national security or sensitive and classified information for financial gains.
External threats are a concern; however, many attacks come from internal sources. Some attacks are intentional, while others are due to a lack of training and awareness. Due to the high volume of threats and attacks, in 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Cybersecurity to modernize cybersecurity defenses.2 In 2022, President Biden signed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act. 3 This law established (1) an interagency council to standardize federal reporting of cybersecurity threats, (2) a task force on ransomware attacks, and (3) a pilot program to identify information systems vulnerable to such attacks. The focus is to strengthen the federal cyber workforce and foster collaboration across all levels of government, specifically to “improve collaboration, share security tools, procedures, and information more easily.” For each organization, the responsibility of maintaining secure networks while protecting sensitive information is of the highest priority, and proper planning and assessments are essential to reduce the risks of attacks. This EC-Council Threat Report 2023 includes research data regarding cyber threats and concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) It provides different methods for detection and mitigation from experienced IT and cybersecurity professionals.
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