2025 promises to be a big year in cybersecurity—for all the wrong reasons. While many are familiar with the projection that cybercrime will cost $10.5 trillion, Forrester’s updated report projects the costs will likely be closer to $12 trillion. To put that in perspective, the largest economy in the world, the US, has a GDP of “only” approximately $29 trillion, and if cybercrime were its own economy, it would be third largest in the world. Furthermore, the rise of artificial intelligence is accelerating the arms race between attackers and defenders in cybersecurity. In a 2024 survey, 74% of surveyed professionals…
Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson is the founder, creator, and CEO of DefectDojo. His mission is to prevent breaches by making visibility and scalability a reality for all in security.
Greg is a seasoned security practitioner and an active participant in the global community, having served as a member of the Board of Directors for the OWASP Foundation, performed assessments for the United States Department of Defense (Pentagon), and presented research on compromising CI/CD pipelines at DEFCON. Greg has also presented at AppSec USA and AppSec EU.