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Cybersecurity matters

Desmond Chua & Sherman Soh
Desmond Chua & Sherman Soh • 7 min read
Cybersecurity matters
For patient investors focused on long-term growth, the sector is an unstoppable trend that must be included in portfolios. Photo: Shutterstock
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Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) stocks have been all the rage, bearing the burden of markets weighed down by hawkish central banks. But another sector has been quietly edging upwards unnoticed, and that’s cybersecurity. 

In fact, the case for the cybersecurity sector is in plain sight, but its scale is grossly under-appreciated. 

The digital age has ushered in cybercrime and warfare targeting IT systems, as well as the information that is being created and shared everywhere. In a global population of 8.01 billion, an estimated 5.44 billion are unique mobile phone users, 5.16 billion are internet users, 4.76 billion are active social media users.

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