It’s common knowledge that natural disasters are increasingly threatening more and more of the world and in places that were once thought of as safe from the ravages of nature. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there were 25 billion-dollar-plus climate-related disasters in the US alone in the first 10 months of 2023, a record for the first 10 months of any year.
While that’s concerning for everyone, the specter of catastrophic events is not typically a big concern for cybersecurity personnel — after all, there’s enough to worry about with recent spikes in ransomware, nation-state attacks, and increasingly complex compliance and reporting rules.
