Matthew RosenquistFounder & CISO Advisor, Cybersecurity Insights · CISO, Cybersecurity Strategist, & Industry Advisor

Cybercriminals Can Easily Adopt New Tech

7 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker highlights the stark contrast between corporate technology adoption—bound by policies and procedures—and the rapid, unrestricted uptake of new tools by cybercriminals. He points out that criminals can instantly incorporate emerging technologies, such as advanced AI-driven deepfakes, which now mimic reality with alarming fidelity. Because these synthetic media are so convincing, defenders must remain exceptionally vigilant and intentional in verifying authenticity, recognizing that the speed and sophistication of malicious AI tools pose a growing challenge for security professionals.

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The biggest challenge that I see that aligns with this question is the adoption of technology. Cybercriminals don't have to comply with company policies. They don't have to, they don't have to— If only! They don't do anything. Like they can just, there is this new tool available, I can use it, boom. The adoption in that criminal sphere is so much faster of new technology. And we are seeing with AI, you know, incredible technologies like, you know, deepfakes are so close to reality. Now you could see so many things that, you know, you have to be very, very, very intentional, very present right there to recognize that it's not true, that it's not real, because the AI has, has become such an amazing tool and technology that can mimic reality, you know, very close.