Forbes January 14, 2025
Jonathan Fischbein is the Chief Information Security Officer at Check Point Software Technologies.
In Q3 2024, organizations experienced an average of 1,876 cyberattacks, a 75% increase year over year. Every minute of every day, bad actors are poking and prodding networks until they find one small crack in cybersecurity defenses to exploit. If it weren’t for their nefarious intentions, their persistence and creativity would be admirable. But organizations are not defenseless. They invest heavily in innovative cybersecurity solutions and highly skilled security operations specialists. The cybersecurity industry employs the brightest minds and constantly releases innovative new tools.
How is it that so many organizations remain vulnerable despite all this innovation and investment? One main reason is that while cybercriminals attack...