A survey of 1,775 security chiefs conducted by security firm Allied Universal found that nearly half of respondents plan to significantly increase their budgets due to rising theft, fraud and information leaks linked to economic and social unrest. In 2022, the reviewed companies lost over $1 trillion due to non-cybersecurity incidents. Furthermore, 42% intend to invest in AI and AI-powered surveillance to detect threats more quickly. Allied Universal owns British security group G4S.

Microsoft 365 Outage Hits North America as CDN Misconfiguration Disrupts Multiple Services
Microsoft is actively investigating a service disruption affecting multiple Microsoft 365 products for users in the North American region, with engineers pointing to Content Delivery

