Compliance Crosswalk - Cybersecurity in 2023 - Dissecting Today's Top Threats and How to Prepare

Cybersecurity in 2023 - Dissecting Today's Top Threats and How to Prepare

03/31/23 • 23 min

With a new digital landscape brought on by the pandemic, a war in Ukraine, increasingly sophisticated threat actors, artificial intelligence, and now a potential recession, the nature of how organizations are breached has fundamentally changed. No company is too small to be attacked; making a single breach can be enough to put one out of business.
In this episode of Compliance Crosswalk, our host Blaise Wabo welcomes Taiye Lambo, founder of the Holistic Information Security Practitioner Institute (HISPI) and serial entrepreneur, to discuss the current state of the cybersecurity landscape in the context of recent history and how organizations can prepare for what's next.

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