Based on the intermediary and regulatory nature of information and security technologies,the characteristics of current cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies are summarized.These technologies are strategic,windowed,intertwined,disruptive,and confrontational.The unity of opposites of technological developments owing to immediate threats and medium-and long-term cybersecurity in the movement are discussed.In addition,based on the motives,logic,and pathways of technological evolution,the growth and development mechanisms of the technologies are examined.With a focus on the competition for dominance between offending and defending parties in confrontation scenarios,a development strategy of cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies is proposed using four"favorability"questions to clarify the inherent logic of the evolution of these technologies.The proposed strategy can be adopted to cope with challenges and achieve breakthroughs in cybersecurity technologies in the post-pandemic era marked by anti-globalization,unilateralism,and protectionism.