cyber trends
CISOS ARE INEVITABLY DISCUSSING
THE TRENDS THEY EXPECT TO TAKE
HOLD THIS NEW YEAR AND THEY
HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY
WE SHOULD BE PRIORITISING AS
HACKERS BECOME SMARTER IN
THEIR APPROACH.
I
nfosecurity
Europe, Europe’s
number one
information
security event, has
once again asked
its community
of C-level security professionals what
they think the year ahead has in store.
The list includes a range of challenges,
opportunities and broader trends across
technology, business and the world.
Many of the CISOs highlighted the risks
presented by emerging technologies that
are expected to become more widely
adopted this year.
Deloitte cyber-risk partner, Peter Gooch,
said: “2020 will see more deployment of
security automation tools. Where this is
done well, it will allow organisations to
adapt rapidly to changing attack tactics.
Where it is done poorly, it will be more
complicated to unpick.
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Cyber-risks
associated with
new technology to
become mainstream
say Infosecurity Europe’s
in 2020 CISO community
“There will be a drive for more
transparency when contracting for
cloud services, with vendors required
to expose more data and events for
consumption by SIEM tools, and
to evidence security practices and
capabilities closer to real-time. Hackers
are increasingly targeting unstructured
data to hide and launch attacks, so
the priority is to implement robust
governance. More than 100 companies
worldwide will begin testing private
5G by the end of 2020, which could
increase the attack surface, making
data flows harder to follow and the job
of those responsible for securing them
more challenging.”
Mark D Nicholls, Head of Information
Security and Governance at housing
association, Peabody, flags up
vulnerabilities with AI and IoT: “Machine
Learning established itself in 2019 and
we will begin to move to true AI in 2020,
but one must remember whatever can
be used for good can also be used by
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