Special Virtual Episodes with ISACA Leaders: State of Cyber (Part 1) - Maintaining readiness in a complex threat environment

Speakers:

Jamie Norton - ISACA Board Member

Chirag Joshi - Sydney Chapter Board Member

Abby Zhang - Auckland Chapter Board Member

Jason Wood - Auckland Chapter former President

Bharat Bajaj - ISACA Melbourne Board Director

For the full series visit: https://mysecuritymarketplace.com/security-amp-risk-professional-insight-series-2025/

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OVERVIEW

According to ISACA research, almost half of companies exclude cybersecurity teams when developing, onboarding, and implementing AI solutions.

Only around a quarter (26%) of cybersecurity professionals or teams in Oceania are involved in developing policy governing the use of AI technology in their enterprise, and nearly half (45%) report no involvement in the development, onboarding, or implementation of AI solutions, according to the recently released 2024 State of Cybersecurity survey report from global IT professional association ISACA.

Key Report Findings

Security teams in Oceania noted they are primarily using AI for:

 Automating threat detection/response (36% vs 28% globally);

 Endpoint security (33% vs 27% globally);

 Automating routine security tasks (22% vs 24% globally); and

 Fraud detection (6% vs 13% globally).

Additional AI resources to help cybersecurity and other digital trust professionals

o EU AI Act white paper

o Examining Authentication in the Deepfake Era

SYNOPSIS

ISACA's 2024 State of Cybersecurity report reveals that stress levels are on the rise for cybersecurity professionals, largely due to an increasingly challenging threat landscape. The annual ISACA research also identifies key skills gaps in cybersecurity, how artificial intelligence is impacting the field, the role of risk assessments and cyber insurance in enterprises' security programs, and more.

The demand for cybersecurity talent has been consistently high, yet efforts to increase supply are not reflected in the global ISACA IS/IT-community workforce. The current cybersecurity practitioners are aging, and the efforts to increase staffing with younger professionals are making little progress. Left unchecked, this situation will create business continuity issues in the future.

Shrinking budgets and employee compensation carry the potential to adversely affect cybersecurity readiness much sooner than the aging workforce, when the Big Stay passes. Declines in vacant positions across all reporting categories may lead some enterprises to believe that the pendulum of power will swing back to employers, but the increasingly complex threat environment is greatly increasing stress in cybersecurity teams; therefore, the concern is not if, but when, employees will reach their tipping point to vacate current positions.