[BUDGET AMMO DEPT] WSJ: "Cybersecurity Is the King of Business Worries"

Stu Sjouwerman | Jan 8, 2025

Kim_S_Nash Image courtesy Wall Street Joournal with grateful acknowledgement.Kim S. Nash, the Deputy Bureau Chief at the Wall Street Journal who owns the cybersecurity beat wrote in her newsletter today: "Forget trade wars and turnovers in national leadership. Cybersecurity is the business risk to rule them all. 

Cybersecurity ranks first among geopolitical risks, said 60% of 517 risk decision makers in a Harris Poll commissioned by insurer Chubb. We all know how serious cyber threats are. But I was surprised by how much the worry outranked all other geopolitical concerns." Take a look:

  • Escalating tensions between major powers—42%
  • Resource scarcity and climate change—39%
  • Trade wars and protectionism—38%
  • Political instability—32%
  • Red Sea shipping problems—27%
  • War in Ukraine—20% 
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict—16%
Wow. Who would ever have thought we would read that in the WSJ...

Topics: Cybersecurity

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