Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Noam Cohen is a serial entrepreneur building seriously cool data and AI companies since 2018. Noam’s insights are informed by a unique combination of data, product, and AI expertise — with a background that includes winning the Israel Defense Prize for his work in leveraging data to predict terror attacks. As the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Torq, Noam is helping build truly next-gen AI capabilities into Torq’s autonomous SOC platform.

The crypto market has grown to over $3.2 trillion, driven by institutional adoption, stablecoin innovation, and a boost in DeFi activity. But every new dollar—and every new user—expands the attack surface potential. From credential stuffing and phishing, to malicious smart contracts and front-end exploits, today’s threat landscape is broader, faster, and more sophisticated than ever.

Powering over 2,000 businesses and securing more than $10 trillion in digital asset transactions , we know what it takes not just to participate in this new economy — but to lead it. In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a clear shift. Crypto is entering the mainstream — and fast. With digital assets getting integrated into modern finance, the infrastructure supporting them must rise to the occasion — purpose-built for scale, security, and resilience.

The shared responsibility model, introduced by AWS in 2011, defines the division of cloud security responsibilities between cloud providers and customers. Cloud providers are responsible for securing their physical infrastructure, while customers are responsible for securing their own data, configurations, and access. Cloud environments have grown and become much more complex since 2011.

Cybersecurity gaps in education have become more prevalent than ever. The education sector sits at the crossroads of healthcare, finance, and technology—and as institutions digitize more functions, their exposure to cybersecurity threats grows. From health clinic portals to online tuition payments and classroom platforms for minors, schools and universities handle sensitive data governed by laws such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, and COPPA.

In recent weeks, UK retail giants Marks & Spencer and the Co-op have faced serious cyber attacks that disrupted operations and compromised customer data. M&S had to suspend online orders, and both retailers experienced stock issues – all while hackers accessed personal information, though thankfully not payment details. The Co-op narrowly avoided a full-scale ransomware attack. These incidents weren’t isolated or opportunistic.

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Imagine walking into a trusted bank, only to be handed counterfeit money by employees who don’t realize it’s fake. This is similar to a growing trend that’s emerging in the threat landscape. Threat actors are leveraging trusted cloud infrastructure platforms to host fake reCAPTCHA pages designed to deceive unsuspecting victims into executing malicious commands through the Windows Run dialog—specifically targeting high-access users within organizations to escalate privileges.

Security comes first in the growing and fast-paced world of software development. After the acceptance of open-source components and third-party libraries, the next big challenge is: how to ensure that the dependencies are secure, trusted, and compliant? This is where the SCA security plays a much-needed role in guarding the software and its developers. SCA security tools allow developers to manage open-source components used in the applications.