The Digital World Is Changing Rapidly. Your Cybersecurity Needs to Keep Up.
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In 2022 alone, a total of 4,100 publicly disclosed data breaches occurred, comprising some 22 billion records that were exposed. All this despite the fact that organizations around the world spent a record-breaking $150 billion on cybersecurity in 2021. How should companies go about securing their software and data? What companies aim to achieve from their security programs must evolve, just as the way that companies' use of data and software has evolved. It is past time for their cybersecurity efforts to change. This article covers three such changes that companies can make to adapt to the growing insecurities of the digital world.