Intelligent CISO Issue 23 | Page 67

decrypting myths Cyber Resilience Think Tank forecasts key trends to hit the cybersecurity industry Experts including Christina Van Houten, Chief Strategy Officer at Mimecast, forecast some of the major trends they expect to develop within the cybersecurity industry this year. M imecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced the availability of Commencing a New Decade: 2020 Predictions, the latest eBook from the Cyber Resilience Think Tank (CR Think Tank). This group of security leaders gathered to reflect on the past decade and forecast the major trends expected in 2020 and beyond. The eBook is designed to provide expert insight to global industry influencers on what to expect and how to prepare for the upcoming security challenges organisations may face this year. trends that will impact how organisations approach cybersecurity. During the CR Think Tank meeting, much of the discussion centred on the transformations of the SaaS, InfoSec and Application Security industries. The group also covered the challenges associated with not including security from the start. According to Malcolm Harkins, Chief Trust and Security Officer at Cymatic, DevSecOps has lagged because of security processes, tools and procedures that slow down the development process, but automation could be the answer. When standards are automated into the task at hand, DevSecOps can suit the needs of development, security and operations. To best prepare for a strong and strategic year, the CR Think Tank outlined four key www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 23 1. DevOps and security efforts will align to mitigate business risk New features, bug fixes, configuration changes and much more are delivered and iterated upon quickly to provide the best possible end-user and customer experience. However, because of the constant iterations and improvements, security can no longer be an afterthought. DevOps teams are dependent on cloud deployments, which means that security must be top of mind at every stage of the application development process. 67