Bottom line: Organizations that fail to prioritize and manage their attack surfaces will be increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, with a 30% increase in attack surface complexity predicted by 2025.
What's happening: Security experts from Google, Microsoft, and the US Department of Defense presented at the virtual summit, sharing their experiences and best practices for identifying and addressing attack surfaces in cloud-native applications, containerized environments, and IoT devices.
What to do: CISOs should prioritize vulnerability management tools like Qualys and Splunk, and conduct regular threat assessments to identify and remediate high-risk vulnerabilities, with a recommended annual cost of $1 million for comprehensive threat management solutions.