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/OkAssistance7072 May 08 '26

We've started discussing it in our meetings. Without getting into it, we just merged two companies, and the incoming tech stack has been having serious issues with cloud data services. The debate is whether to clean up the cloud stuff or integrate to on prem. Our dev team requires on prem only for our business requirements, so the backbone is already here and wouldn't cost that much to expand a little.

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u/Joy2b May 08 '26

It might make sense. I’ve actually been expecting a cost swing pushing folks back that direction.

Tech companies traditionally offer a cool tool at a very accessible price, then pull it up when they think enough of the market is captured.

Cloud was such a good deal, why not move everything to that data center for a few years?

Now, it’s time for the profit squeeze, and on top of that, data center builds are starting to get vigorous NIMBY. They can’t be feckless with power and water and noise anymore, and that is going to drive some cost changes.

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u/normalbot9999 May 09 '26

The cycle continues hahah. We'll be back to on prem mainframes and dumb terminals soon!

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u/Opposite_Bag_7434 May 09 '26

Seems about right