A consistent theme in Unisys’ report is that companies are eagerly embracing new technologies like artificial intelligence at the expense of shoring up their cyber defenses against well-known threats. At the same time as many organizations eschew access-control technologies, for example, roughly three-quarters of them told Unisys that they plan to spend more money on cloud services that are routinely breached through identity-based attacks.

The IEEE 5th Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium 2025 (CARS’25) will be held from October 27th to 30th, 2025. The IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS) is a premier event that brings together researchers, industry leaders, and students to explore cutting-edge cybersecurity challenges and advancements.

It’s common for governors and mayors to declare a state of emergency and activate the National Guard in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. But last month, officials in Minnesota took these steps in the wake of a major cyberattack on the city of St. Paul — a testament to how disruptive these attacks have become. The attack, and the city’s efforts to contain the damage, hobbled city operations and a range of services online and in real life for citizens.

When countries design their cyber defense strategies, they do so on the premise that they can defend against malicious cyber operations only after the impacts of such acts materialize. Instead of taking this reactive posture, however, the United States spearheaded a paradigm shift to a proactive posture in 2018, when the Department of Defense (DOD) developed the “Defend Forward” strategy. This posture has since been maintained in the United States, and was reaffirmed in the introduction of the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy.