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Cybersecurity Roundtable: Chicago's Tech Experts Answer Three Critical Cybersecurity Questions

By Adam Schlagman
September 01, 2018

We're long past the point where cybersecurity can be treated like a corporate trend or as a bullet point on your IT team's wish list. As networks around the world become more sophisticated and complex, cybercriminals are correspondingly honing their talents in everything from hacking and phishing to cyberterrorism and general mayhem.

Modern organizations with savvy security know this and watch events and trends closely. They know that global ransomware damages totaled $325 million in 2015 and that number is supposed to quadruple by 2020. They also know 33% of U.S. companies experienced some sort of data breach in 2016, and most of them had no idea anything happened. In response to threats on the horizon, companies are building the right teams of experts to help prevent the worst from happening, or at least mitigate damage.

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