Cybersecurity trends: Looking over the horizon

Cybersecurity has always been a never-ending race, but the rate of change is accelerating. Companies are continuing to invest in technology to run their businesses. Now, they are layering more systems into their IT networks to support remote work, enhance the customer experience, and generate value, all of which creates potential new vulnerabilities. This article is a collaborative effort by Jim Boehm, Dennis Dias, Charlie Lewis, Kathleen Li, and Daniel Wallance, representing views from McKinsey's Risk & Resilience Practice. At the same time, adversaries--no longer limited to individual actors--include highly sophisticated organizations that leverage integrated tools and capabilities with artificial intelligence and machine learning. The scope of the threat is growing, and no organization is immune.