Attribution Becomes Obsolete
Prediction: Attribution becomes obsolete.
In the wake of smash and grab attacks that garner headlines, CounterTack's security team believes that attribution will become obsolete. Regardless of the origin (nation-state, terrorist, malicious actors), cyber attacks will have the same outcome, including stolen IPs, financial information, credentials, and the ability to strike fear in the enterprise.
Tip: Organizations must focus security efforts on protecting the business rather than investigating threat actor activity for attribution purposes. Organizations should save the investigative resources to attribute attacks as part of a designated post-attack/post-incident/post-breach process only. Further, companies should be looking strategically at how they can more rapidly detect attacks, prevent further infiltration and contain any damage to protect the business.