Cybersecurity scenarios 2035
The cybersecurity scenarios 2035 describe four alternative future worlds in which different outcomes of technological development, interdependencies, the power of large corporations and regulatory success shape the cybersecurity environment in decisive ways in the years to come.
The purpose of this scenario work is to provide a tool for understanding these possible alternative development paths and their consequences for various organisations and actors. This work represents an exceptionally broad perspective of more than 200 experts from the public and private sectors, academia, international partner networks and civil society.
The most critical risks until 2035 may arise when technological dependencies, weak management, the crumbling of identity and the integration of the physical and digital worlds concentrate and accumulate. It is likely that the future of cybersecurity will be decided increasingly in the structures of dependencies, trust and power. In all of the scenarios, AI, supply chains, the reliability of the information environment and the connectivity of critical infrastructures stand out as crucial issues.
The cybersecurity scenarios support preparedness, decision-making and strategic discourse in a situation where the security of the future digital society is based on increasingly complex dependencies.
The cybersecurity scenarios 2035 were produced as part of Finland’s cybersecurity strategy. Preparing for the future and strategic foresight associated with this aim are a priority for the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency.