Tag: diversity
Majority of Orgs Hit by AI Cyber-Attacks as Detection Lags – March 7th
AI-driven cyber-attacks are becoming a widespread threat, with 87% of security professionals reporting incidents in the past year, according to SoSafe’s latest cybercrime trends report. Despite the growing concern, only 26% of security experts express high confidence in their ability to detect such attacks. The World Economic Forum noted a 223% rise in deepfake-related tools on dark web forums between early 2023 and 2024, further fueling concerns. While 91% of experts expect AI-driven attacks to surge over the next three years, nearly all respondents acknowledge the urgency of improving detection capabilities.
Growing diversity in cyber, but still a long way to go
The percentage of ethnic minorities working in cyber in the UK has seen an upward trend over the last three years, although it appears to have plateaued at 22 percent after rising from 16 percent in 2020 to 25 percent in 2022. While the cyber workforce is slightly more diverse than that of the digital sector and UK workforce as a whole, the percentages are still lagging far behind where they should be and the US cyber workforce shows similarly lackluster percentages.