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What’s Hot in Cybersecurity Research Right Now?

 I'm trying to get a pulse on where cybersecurity research is headed. What topics are academics and industry R&D focusing on currently?

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By Sumitra R Answered 4 months ago

The field is moving incredibly fast. The biggest trends revolve around adapting to new tech and paradigms: using AI/ML both to defend and understanding how to attack AI systems; implementing Zero Trust architectures; securing the cloud and software supply chain; and grappling with the future threat of quantum computing. Research on ransomware economics, IoT/OT security, and the perennial human factor (making security usable) is also huge. Much of this is driven by real-world incidents and new regulations.

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