Jill Aitoro, senior vice president of content strategy for CyberRisk Alliance, and Ross Wilkers, senior staff reporter for Washington Technology, discuss the biggest federal tech and cyber news of 2022 and the issues to watch for 2023.
- The war on Ukraine showed how potential cyber warfare can evolve and how expansive it can become, Aitoro stated.
- Wilkers said that we will find out in the first half of next year how well federal contractors are doing meeting cyber compliance requirements.
- Global standards for cybersecurity and the spread of disinformation are two stories that Aitoro will be watching out for in 2023.
- Wilkers will be watching to see how inflation affects technology in the coming year.
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SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: The WhatsApp messaging app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on May 14, 2019 in San Anselmo, California. Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp announced a cybersecurity breach that makes users vulnerable to malicious spyware installation iPhone and Android smartphones. WhatsApp is encouraging its 1.5 billion users to update the app as soon as possible. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 29: Surrounded by House Democrats, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses for a photo after signing the CHIPS For America Act during a bill enrollment ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol July 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bill, which has now passed in both houses of Congress, is aimed at boosting U.S semiconductor manufacturing and science research to better compete with China. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 9: (L-R) CEO of SparkCharge Joshua Aviv and U.S. President Joe Biden react as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks before Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on August 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The centerpiece of the legislation is $52 billion in funding aimed at boosting U.S semiconductor chip manufacturing and continued scientific research in the field to better compete with China's increasing dominance in the sector. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
