Time to implement new cyber security protections, says McAfee CEO Chris Young

Cyber defence is becoming increasingly difficult, and there are three key indicators cyber security professionals need to look at and learn from, according to Chris Young, CEO of security firm McAfee.

These key indicators are the threatscape (what attackers are doing, the technology landscape), the reshaping of what is happening underneath it, and the regulatory climate and environment, Young told the opening session of the 2018 MPower cyber security summit in Las Vegas.

While the latest attack to dominate the headlines is cryptojacking, with the instances of new associated malware seeing a 500% increase in the past year, he said that looking back over the past 30 years the patterns are not new.