When Trust is the Target
Why Trust Is Now Part of the Security Perimeter
Security Navigator 2027: Cognitive
Disinformation, 'faketivism' and cognitive attacks don't need to break a single system to damage your business. The Security Navigator 2027 shows how they work – and why trust is now part of the security perimeter.
Quick quiz: Can a fake protest movement target your brand?
Answers you can find in the Navigator:
- What is 'faketivism' – and how do fake grassroots movements reach brands?
- Can you hack a democracy without hacking a computer – and what does that mean for business?
- How do cyber and cognitive attacks combine into one pressure system?
Every citizen simultaneously becomes a spectator, actor, relay and target.
– Charl van der Walt, Head of Security Research
Some cool content while you wait:
Hacking the Human Layer
Read the whitepaper on how attackers manipulate the human mind, which techniques are used and how they can be countered.
Webinar: Securing Trust in a Cognitive Cyber World Beyond Systems
Watch the recording with Charl, Mathias, Franz and special guest Anna Collard from KnowBe4 discuss the business impact of cognitive operations and how they affect people, politics and the economy.
Curious about Navigator? Read the 2026 Edition!
Read the Security Navigator 2026, the best prep for the 2027 edition. All data, findings and commentary, plus it's totally ungated now!
Explore some other questions:
Did the AI attack wave arrive – or something else? → Explore | AI
Your biggest insider risk – malicious or well-meaning? → Explore | Threat Detection
What do takedowns really do to ransomware gangs? → Explore | Law Enforcement
How many extortion gangs are active – and who leads? → Explore | Cy-X
The CVE flood: did it reach real networks? → Explore | Vulnerabilities
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