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Top Threats and How to Beat Them
A new year opens to both fresh and persistent cybersecurity challenges. Good security never sleeps, and a huge story for CISOs this week was our list of the seven top cybersecurity projects for 2025. We outlined the key projects that should be at the top of every organization's 2025 to-do list.
But what threats must these efforts thwart?
Readers of CSO rushed to ask Smart Answers to outline the greatest threats facing organizations in 2025. Fed by decades of human-generated insights, our AI chatbot has the answers. Look out for the growing threat posed by Agentic AI and disinformation. Geopolitics means that threats may be national and political rather than personal or financial.
But don't sleep on financial threats: the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service is expanding the reach of sophisticated attacks.
Find out: What are the most critical cybersecurity threats facing organizations in 2025?
Build Your Career with Online AI Courses
Everyone is looking to get ahead in IT, and we live in a strange time in which employers need to fill open roles, but IT professionals are unemployed. A skills gap needs to be bridged. So, it is unsurprising that our Computerworld story outlining online AI courses that can help advance your career was a huge hit with IT pros.
But some readers were skeptical, asking Smart Answers if online courses on AI can really enhance a career in IT? The answer is yes - according to Smart Answers - and for evidence look at the 866% increase in people taking such courses over the past year.
Find out: How can I advance my career with online AI courses?
Mind The (Skills) Gap
Speaking of the skills gap, this week CIO reported that no fewer than 67% of digital transformations are delayed due to skill shortages. We said that skills shortages are impacting businesses in myriad ways, slowing down digital initiatives and damaging the bottom line.
Readers of CIO wanted to know more. Asking Smart Answers specifically what skills are so lacking that they are slowing up transformational projects and strategies. It will be no surprise that AI is top of that list, with cybersecurity and cloud close behind.
Find out: What are the most in-demand skills due to the IT skills shortage?
About Smart Answers
Smart Answers is an AI-based chatbot tool designed to help you discover content, answer questions, and go deep on the topics that matter to you. Each week we send you the three most popular questions asked by our readers, and the answers Smart Answers provides.
Developed in partnership with Miso.ai, Smart Answers draws only on editorial content from our network of trusted media brandsâCIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network Worldâand was trained on questions that a savvy enterprise IT audience would ask. The result is a fast, efficient way for you to get more value from our content.
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