Emerging technologies such as AI, 5G posing threats to privacy, says report

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G will set higher requirements for cybersecurity and privacy protection, according to a new report released recently by global accounting firm PwC.

The report indicated that 28 percent of the respondents believe that the most acute risk stemming from digital transformation is data governance or privacy protection, followed by innovation risk, namely, the risk from the introduction of new products, services and processes, and then cybersecurity.

Respondents from China demonstrated greater alignment of their cybersecurity activities with business goals than their global counterparts. About 83 percent of those interviewed agree that their cybersecurity team is being embedded in the business, conversant in business strategy and has a cybersecurity strategy that supports business imperatives, compared with 72 percent of the global average rate.