I have been following Chuck Brooks for some time as he has great insight on these topics, and this article is very interesting and helpful for context of what is ahead. A few interesting takeaway for me include:

• “87% of security professionals report that their organization has encountered an AI-driven cyber-attack in the last year, according to a new study by SoSafe, Europe’s largest security awareness and human risk management solution.”
• The growth in the popularity of AI agents in the latter months of 2024 mirrors how ChatGPT and other generative AI systems catapulted into and transformed the AI market in 2022. Vendors seemingly jumped from developing the latest large language models (LLMs) and AI chatbots to creating agents and action models.”
• “In 2024, healthcare data breaches reached an all-time high, with 276,775,457 records compromised – a 64.1% increase from the previous year’s record and equivalent to 81.38% of the United States population. Despite managing sensitive patient data, findings reveal that healthcare organizations still struggle with corporate customer data protection.”
• A new report from Ivanti surveyed more than 2,400 security leaders and found that the top predicted threat for 2025 is ransomware. According to the report, nearly 1 out of every 3 security professionals (38%) believe ransomware will become an even greater threat when powered by AI. The report found a gap in preparedness for ransomware attacks, with only 29% of security leaders saying they are very prepared for ransomware incidents.”

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