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As China, Iran, North Korea and others continue to increase their defensive capabilities, we will hear
further communications about attribution of attacks and our own cyber operations.

6. Attackers will continue to stay away from the weaponization of artificial intelligence and
machine learning.

Effortless attacks are here to stay. Attackers have no use for advanced methods. Look at the recent
attacks against Uber, Twitter and others for proof. While there are ways to generate attacks against multi-
factor authentication, simple supply chain-based approaches still get the job done. Now that we are
locking the door more consistently, it’s almost as easy to walk right in when you have the keys.

7. 5G won’t help decrease cyber attacks.

5G can allow for private networks, which can prevent direct internet access to their fleet of devices. This
amplifies technology providers’ security abilities, by reducing the attack surface. The increase in
bandwidth is still no match for the skills of cyber criminals.

Given the influx of new devices, 5G will likely provide an even larger opportunity for attacks with most
providers not taking advantage of private secured networks.

8. The next big hack likely won’t target a hyperscaler/cloud-provider.

As organizations migrate workload and servers to the cloud, these providers may indeed be hacked. I
don’t anticipate it to be large-scale, more so an increase in risk. There are considerable risks for
organizations, especially if an attacker can gain tenant level access to your assets. While we may see
large outages, it is unlikely that we’ll have some catastrophic level security breach.

9. Cyber insurance won’t help more companies cope with uncertainty.

We saw a rise in cyber insurance rates in 2022. With carriers becoming more restrictive, many customers
will likely face more coverage requirements in 2023.

The cyber insurance market will continue to provide some options to small and medium-sized businesses.
The downside to these heightened measures is the increase in organizations abandoning their policy
renewals for 2023 and choosing to self-insure.

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