One on One with Booz Allen Hamilton's Bill Stewart

With every passing year, the threat of a large organization experiencing a cyberattack grows. The hackers' (or "adversaries" in security speak) techniques are always evolving, which means if businesses are to have any chance of fending them off, their defenses need to keep pace. Consulting caught up with Bill Stewart, Commercial Cyber Security Business lead for Booz Allen Hamilton, who offered his insight on the state of current cybersecurity threats, the emerging threat of the Internet of Things, and the continued importance of a human touch to help at-risk organizations stay one step ahead of the bad guys.

Consulting: Talk about the overall state of commercial cybersecurity heading into 2016.

Stewart: There is continuing growing awareness around threats and adversaries and what they can do and what they are doing. That's with good reason, because we're seeing the bad guys sharing information needed to attack others in ways they couldn't in the past. You also have increased damage occurring, which means the problem is continuing to accelerate. On the commercial side there is continued increased investment and increased activity to defend assets, and boards and CEOs are taking these threats more seriously.