{"id":22174,"date":"2021-10-20T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.aspiresys.com\/?p=22174"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:40:41","slug":"emerging-trends-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspiresys.com\/blog\/digital-it-ops\/cybersecurity\/emerging-trends-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses are hit by Cyberattacks every day. Cybersecurity teams are flooded with alerts 24\/7. Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, organizations experienced more than 25 percent increase in cyber threats as per Cisco\u2019s Future of Secure Remote Work Report.<\/p>\n<p>Remote working risks \u2013 Home offices are not as secure as centralized offices, which has more secure firewalls, routers, and access management run by IT security teams.<\/p>\n<p>Internet of Things (IoT) \u2013 As per estimates, by 2026, there will be 64 billion IoT devices installed around the world. As it is harder to employ firewalls, antivirus, and security applications to safeguard them, they will serve as potential entry points for malicious actors.<\/p>\n<p>Ransomware \u2013 As per estimates there are over 120 different families of ransomware. Hackers have become proficient at hiding malicious code.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ter.li\/xjk5st\">Technology evolution will shape the new cybersecurity environment.<\/a> Here are few trends to watch out for in the future.<\/p>\n<h3>Cloud Threats<\/h3>\n<p>Cloud computing has been around for some time. According to IDC (International Data Corporation), the global cloud services market is projected to reach $1 trillion in 2024. This growth of Cloud is not just a trend but also potentially a concerning area which you must pay attention to. Rapid cloud migration is bringing in a whole host of new security threats, challenges as well as opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloud based security threats are emerging based on things like \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Misconfigured cloud storage<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Reduced visibility and control<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Incomplete data deletion<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Vulnerable cloud-apps<\/p>\n<p>It is important to have the right kind of access control in place for your cloud storage, failing which, the bad guys get a chance to peep into your data. Outsourcing the management of the traditional on-premises infrastructure to cloud service providers involves more risk. As more and more people get on-boarded to the platforms there arises potentially more issues and concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>Integration of AI with Cybersecurity<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aspiresys.com\/digital\/big-data-analytics\/cybersecurity-with-ai-need-pandemic-hour\">Merging of AI and cybersecurity<\/a> is driving huge growth in the sector and provide huge benefits from an information management and IT security perspective. AI in cybersecurity is projected to grow from $8.8 billion in 2019 to $38.2 billion by 2026 according to studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI integration helps to \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Analyze risk data from structured and unstructured resources<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Provide threat intelligence<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Quickly make critical decisions &amp; respond to remediate threats<\/p>\n<p>AI and Machine learning as well as business intelligence capabilities such as data visualization are used to manage huge volumes of information over long periods of time to understand trends. AI can provide threat intelligence allowing you to see the patterns in emerging data flows and activity on your networks. This enables the security teams to respond in real time to threats and remediate them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extended Detection and Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Extended detection and response (XDR) is \u201ca SaaS-based, vendor-specific, security threat detection and incident response tool that natively integrates multiple security products into a cohesive security operations system that unifies all licensed components\u201d, according to Gartner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features of XDR \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Collect\/Correlate data<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Analyze, prioritize, hunt, &amp; remediate threats to prevent security breaches<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Provides unified visibility across multiple attack vectors<\/p>\n<p>XDR enables visibility and context into advanced threats that are streaming through your systems. Security breaches can be prevented proactively. It also enables you to react to threats in real time and to prevent them from getting out of hand and causing kinds of global data breaches that companies are wrestling with every day.<\/p>\n<p>Data Privacy and Third Party SCRM<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Data privacy impacts all aspects of an organization<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Regulatory compliance issues are multiplying across the local, regional, federal, and international landscapes<\/p>\n<p>SCRM or Supply Chain Risk Management, is the implementation of strategies to manage both everyday and exceptional risks along the supply chain based on continuous risk assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of data management and data privacy across all aspects of an organization is becoming amplified more and more due to regulatory compliance. You not just need to be compliant but ensure downstream compliance. The problem is when you give external actors access to your systems, and they fail to behave appropriately in line with your expectations of regulation and compliance. You need to ensure that they will not transfer risk into your organization<\/p>\n<p>Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)<\/p>\n<p>SASE is the convergence of WAN (Wide Area Network) and network security services like CASB (Cloud Access Security Brokers), FWaaS (Firewall as a Service) &amp; Zero Trust, into a single, cloud delivered service model.<\/p>\n<p>This is all about bringing security right to the edge of your cloud infrastructure and your service provisioning and making remote access and cloud-based services as tightly controlled and secured as it could be.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gartner, 40% of businesses are looking to adopt or implement SASE by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping up with evolving threats<\/p>\n<p>Keeping up with the current trends is important and that can be a real challenge in cybersecurity. It is like a cat and mouse game between the attackers and the defenders where they\u2019re always changing the tools, techniques, and procedures to get ahead of one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Establish a workflow \u2013 This, of course, can be very challenging depending on the size of your organization. A workflow can help you and your team to address the issue as they are coming on the fly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Establish strong information gathering process \u2013 It is a lot better to have a dedicated threat intelligence team in your organization. It is important however to keep up to date with the latest information pertaining to cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Involve other people \u2013 It helps in bringing down the overall workload and gives more people skills and awareness. It provides actionable and solid insights.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing changes and keeping your organization perform like a well-oiled machine keeps your organization secure over the long haul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses are hit by Cyberattacks every day. Cybersecurity teams are flooded with alerts 24\/7. 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