Mar 12 2025 12 mins 6
We explore how uncertainty and chaos create both vulnerabilities and opportunities in privacy and security. Amid global turmoil, cybersecurity professionals must adopt a bias toward action to counter increased threats that thrive in chaotic environments.
• Chaos serves as a smoke screen for malicious actors, just as DOS attacks once distracted from network intrusions
• Recent Ghost ransomware attack affected 70 countries but received less attention due to global uncertainty
• Security resource contraction combined with increased noise creates fertile ground for more breaches
• AI may cause job losses primarily in roles created to support the initial AI boom
• States are tightening data breach reporting requirements with class action lawsuits doubling or tripling since 2022
• Some states introducing "safe harbor" laws to shield businesses that implement strict cybersecurity standards
• Elon's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) faces 11 lawsuits for allegedly violating Privacy Act of 1974
