Editor's note: These insights first published as a Lockton Companies white paper.
In the movie Arrival, government scientists come face-to-face with extraterrestrial visitors, not knowing if they're friendly or why they've landed on earth. A linguist is brought in to decipher the aliens' language, yet despite her best efforts, she can only translate a few syllables. Armed with this incomplete information, some of the world's most powerful governments react irrationally and mobilize for a military attack.
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|We've met the enemy
There are parallels in cyber risk. We're learning more all the time as defenses and protections improve, but much is still unknown. The playing field favors the attackers, while emerging vulnerabilities bring new revelations at a seemingly inexorable pace.
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