Two senior-level executives in the financial industry, leading cybersecurity experts, recently offered their views on how they are balancing the lure of new technology with the associated risks. In this article, the first in a two-part series covering the PLI program “Cybersecurity 2015: Managing the Risk,” Jenny Menna, the cybersecurity partnership executive at U.S. Bancorp and Greg Temm, vice president for information security at MasterCard, and responsible for MasterCard’s cyber intelligence program, address: the current cyber landscape; the most pressing threats across industries; and how the government, regulators and private companies are responding to those threats. In the second article, they tackle mitigating cybersecurity risk, including industry projects geared toward improving the overall cybersecurity ecosystem; and tips for avoiding cyber threats at work and home. See “The SEC’s Updated Cybersecurity Guidance Urges Program Assessments” (May 6, 2015).