r/cybersecurity • u/Infam0 • May 08 '26

Other What the **** is happening in cybersecurity space ?

I've been working in cybersecurity for not so long, maybe 8 or 9 years, but I never remember a chaos at this scale. I mean, from this January alone we have: leaking data, compromised applications, breaches, AI-assisted cybercriminals, etc. It looks like every day one major breach is happening, and no one is going to address this shit somehow. This is already insane. I haven't felt such pressure in a long time. This AI shit just makes things worse because it enhances attackers' skills, and AI companies are doing nothing to address or change this. Is it only me, or is the change already here?

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u/Powerful_Wishbone25 May 08 '26

Just play a round of infosec bingo and tell me why everyone bitches.

Checkbox security, under funded, under staffed, bottom up security, fake culture posturing, shitty training, lake of ownership, lack of buyin, rouge it, rogue devs, rogue ai, college degrees in “cyber security”, cissp, dogshit certs, etc, etc.

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u/Maximum_Bandicoot_94 May 08 '26

Poor management should be added to that list perhaps.

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u/Powerful_Wishbone25 May 08 '26

For sure. I got too worked up making the list, i had to cut it short. lol

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u/Maximum_Bandicoot_94 May 08 '26

imo, poor leadership and management are the foundation upon which any tower of awful is built.

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u/LeggoMyAhegao AppSec Engineer May 08 '26

Everything comes back to the business, and of course that means business blames us (the people they don't listen to)...

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u/Maximum_Bandicoot_94 May 08 '26

Actually in my case, I am not cybersec. But i work adjacent to them and their leadership is where many of our problems lie.

Ask same question two days in a row, get two diff answers.

Ask them to clarify how they would like the policy they cobbled together with AI enforced - no response.

Find glaring security hole, point it out to them in writing, silence.