In late 2022, I reached out to cybersecurity specialists at various private firms and US government agencies to learn about the security concerns we'd need to prepare for in 2023. According to the experts, protecting consumers' private data, mitigating data breach damage, practicing social media safety, foiling online scammers, addressing ransomware, and dealing with the introduction of adversarial AI were the most pressing concerns. Those worries span a broad swathe of cybersecurity industry specializations, most of which are reflected in the highly varied keynote presentations and event sessions at this year's RSA Conference(Opens in a new window).
RSAC organizers say there are many threats moving through the cybersecurity space. On the RSA Conference’s website(Opens in a new window), the group emphasizes that teamwork is essential to "shape policy, establish new best practices, and ensure our defenses become more diverse, more resolute, and far more effective." Diversity of thought and collaborative efforts are championed by RSAC's 2023 theme, "Stronger Together."
PCMag's security team reflects this theme pretty well. Our group of analysts consists of myself, Max Eddy, and Neil J. Rubenking. We're a team with a considerable amount of diversity in the form of age, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic background, and, most importantly to you, our thoughts on cybersecurity. We all plan to focus on different but important subjects at RSAC's event this year.
We know scams and scammers are a hot topic for consumers every year, but the recent barrage of email and SMS phishing scams, robocalls, and romance scams are tough for anyone to fend off. We look forward to learning how experts from around the world are tackling the global
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