Cyber Then & Now: Inside a 2-Decade Industry Evolution

**Executive Summary:** This edited RSAC interview with Dark Reading Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins recounts nearly two decades of cybersecurity evolution, describes the formation and complementary focus areas of Informa TechTarget's Cybersecurity Group (Dark Reading, SearchSecurity, Cybersecurity Dive), and highlights 2025 priorities including application security, identity management, workforce development, better tool management/optimization, and strengthening organization-wide security culture.