Navigating Cyber Resilience in the Age of Emerging Technologies

The report examines the evolving cyber threat landscape driven by emerging technologies like AI, quantum computing, and IoT. It advocates for 'resilience by design'—building systems that can withstand and recover from attacks—rather than just attempting to prevent them. The paper identifies key vulnerabilities in supply chains and the skills gap, while providing case studies from Schneider Electric, the UAE, and Singapore to illustrate multistakeholder collaboration and governance strategies.

• The digital ecosystem is being shaped by more than 200 critical and emerging technologies, extending well beyond the commonly discussed AI and IoT.
• The number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 32 billion globally by 2030, which significantly increases the potential entry points for cyberattacks.
• AI introduces specific vulnerabilities including model manipulation, adversarial attacks, and data poisoning, while also being used to create deepfakes and automated exploits.
• Quantum computing threatens current encryption standards, leading some actors to use 'steal now, decrypt later' tactics by harvesting encrypted data for future decryption.
• Global ICT supply chains are prime targets for cyberthreats due to their complexity and interconnectedness, requiring the implementation of zero-trust architecture.
• There is a critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals skilled in emerging technologies, with an estimated 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2025.
• The cybersecurity market is expected to grow from $188 billion in 2023 to $288 billion by 2027 due to the need for advanced solutions against sophisticated threats.
• Cyberattacks could potentially cost businesses worldwide more than $10 trillion annually by 2025.
• Investment in emerging technologies has seen a massive surge, growing from approximately $4 billion in 2018 to over $3.2 trillion currently.

APA

World Economic Forum (2024). Navigating Cyber Resilience in the Age of Emerging Technologies. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Navigating_Cyber_Resilience_in_the_Age_of_Emerging_Technologies_2024.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Navigating Cyber Resilience in the Age of Emerging Technologies. 2024. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Navigating_Cyber_Resilience_in_the_Age_of_Emerging_Technologies_2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2024navigating, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Navigating Cyber Resilience in the Age of Emerging Technologies}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Navigating_Cyber_Resilience_in_the_Age_of_Emerging_Technologies_2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }