$10 trillion vs. $300 billion: A former FBI investigator on why cybersecurity investment needs to shift toward recovery
Brief
Magnet Forensics spoke with Miguel Clarke, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent turned cybersecurity director, about the widening gap between the cybercrime economy and the industry built to fight it. Watch the full conversation below.
Key Takeaways
- The cybercrime economy is estimated at more than $10 trillion, against a cybersecurity industry of roughly $300 billion. Miguel Clarke argues that gap means investment needs to rebalance toward recovery, not just detection.
- Most incident response programs stop at containment. The handoff between the SOC and the digital forensics team is rarely planned out, and that’s where the investigative gap opens up.
- Unifying evidence across endpoint, cloud, mobile, and memory, and using AI to clear repetitive work, can help cybersecurity teams move from raw data to a decision they can stand behind.