Paul Gillan

Cybersecurity: The Internet of Threats

Edward Lucas, Nadav Zafrir, Paul Gillan, Sinisa Patkovic, Dan, John Derrick, Stephen

Experts including Nadav Zafrir, Sinisa Patkovic, and Paul Gillan argue that the internet's foundational trust-based architecture is incompatible with modern critical infrastructure, creating a widening gap between attacker innovation and defensive readiness. The panel identifies systemic barriers such as organizational cost concerns, regulatory gaps, and the human "literacy gap" that impede effective security-by-design while highlighting the critical threat of insider collusion and state-sponsored cyber warfare. Despite these vulnerabilities, the speakers propose a paradigm shift toward proactive "learning competitions" where defenders emulate offensive tactics, alongside increased investment in layered security architectures and managed services to mitigate inevitable breaches.