The attention being paid to cybersecurity by both government and businesses in the U.S. has reached unprecedented heights, according to a new cybersecurity outlook report from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. And that attention is going to keep growing through 2013, partner Alexander Southwell said.

"What we’re going to see is an increase in the prevalence and the sophistication of attacks on core infrastructure companies, along with a broadening of those attacks against all types of companies," said Southwell, co-chairman of the firm’s information technology and data privacy practice.