Scott Crawford is research director of the Information Security channel at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he leads the industry analyst team covering innovation, disruption and strategic players in cybersecurity and cyber risk. Scott joined S&P Global through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research, where he has led the Information Security channel since 2015. In addition to directing the Information Security channel’s research efforts, Scott covers forces and events shaping cybersecurity. He maintains a focus on areas including security operations, cyber risk management, the intersection of AI/machine learning and cybersecurity, and related interests. As a practitioner, Scott was the first information security officer for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s International Data Centre in Vienna, with a background including systems and security management at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. His private-sector experience ranges from startups to leading industry players such as IBM, where Scott was a senior strategist with IBM Security. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the University of Colorado and a postgraduate Master of Science from the University of Salford (UK), with additional graduate study in telecommunications at the University of Colorado and in information systems at the University of Denver.
The company has formalized the launch of its security-for-AI offering, resulting in large part from its recent acquisition of Robust Intelligence, but the Cisco AI Summit that was the platform event for the launch garnered as much attention for the who's who in AI it attracted as for the product launch itself.
Raising the level of competition, particularly in AI, captured the spotlight overall at re:Invent, Amazon Web Services' annual gathering of customers and partners. New offerings and capabilities in security reflected AWS' potential to have an impact on broader markets in security as well.
Organizations are increasingly turning to managed security service providers for help with closing cybersecurity gaps and protecting their IT environments due to the ever-changing and increasing threat landscape. Although the specific cybersecurity needs for each individual organization vary, firms are increasingly seeking MSSPs that can quickly adapt, embrace seismic shifts, modernize operations, and deliver tangible and valued outcomes. This evolution will require many MSSPs to modernize their approach to delivering managed security services.
Organizations are increasingly turning to managed security service providers for help with closing cybersecurity gaps and protecting their IT environments due to the ever-changing and increasing threat landscape. Although the specific cybersecurity needs for each individual organization vary, firms are increasingly seeking MSSPs that can quickly adapt, embrace seismic shifts, modernize operations, and deliver tangible and valued outcomes. This evolution will require many MSSPs to modernize their approach to delivering managed security services.
In the time span of barely one hour, thousands of pagers in the Middle East exploded; 24 hours later, hundreds of walkie-talkies followed. A meticulously planned cyber-physical operation with precision targeting is adding a new chapter to digital warfare, with an impact similar to previous attacks bridging the two realms.
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