The cybersecurity industry has undergone seismic shifts driven by wave after wave of technological transformation — from the early days of signature-based antivirus and perimeter firewalls protecting on-premises networks, through the cloud migration that dissolved those perimeters entirely, to the mobile revolution that put corporate data on devices in employees’ pockets and coffee shops worldwide.
And now, defenders are gearing up for the AI transformation.
The Internet of Things expanded the attack surface with billions of connected devices, many with laughably weak security controls. Remote work, turbocharged by the pandemic, shattered whatever remained of the network perimeter, forcing enterprises to embrace zero-trust models where every access request is verified regardless of origin.
Through it all, threat actors evolved from lone hackers to sophisticated criminal enterprises and nation-state operations, wielding zero-days and supply-chain attacks with surgical precision.
Dark Reading turned 20 on May 1, and to celebrate, we brought back the Name That Toon contest. We asked readers to send us their most creative cybersecurity-related caption that describes what is happening in the cartoon. The winning caption, “Look, I know, but this was the best AI stack we could afford,” comes to us by way of Prasen Shelar, co-founder and CEO of AI-startup Axari via LinkedIn. Thanks to all the readers who participated!
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