Cybersecurity continues to be one of the fastest-growing fields. Each year as technology advances there are new digital assets that need to be protected and the types of technology that are used to protect those assets are constantly being improved. Companies that can stay ahead of these trends the best will have the most cost-effective and efficient cybersecurity operations. In this article, we are going to highlight five key cybersecurity trends that are going to impact the industry in 2022.
1) Managed Detection and Response
MDR has simply outsourced cybersecurity where companies pay for someone to protect their data and assets. Many companies struggle to build up the in-house specialties required to run an effective cybersecurity program and MDR is a good way for them to have all their cybersecurity needs to be met. Many companies, especially smaller businesses would prefer this approach and dedicate their resources to activities that are closely related to their core business operations.
2) Social Engineering
Social engineering has been consistently growing as an attack vector over the last few years and all indicators suggest that it will continue to be going into 2022. Social engineering attacks from June 2020 grew by 56% by the end of May 2021. One study called “Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol.6 – Insights” found that the average company is targeted by over 700 social engineering attacks per year. It continues to be a very effective method of attack that can be mass-produced and sent to multiple targets at once, which will lead to it being around for a long time to come.
3) Supply Chain Attacks
2021 has shown us that weaknesses in the supply chain continue to be an effective initial access point for delivering malware. The Solarwinds incident was a big example of this earlier this year. We can expect that in 2022 this will continue to be a technique that hackers leverage to circumvent the usual security software that companies use to defend themselves.
4) AI-Powered cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence continues to represent a big opportunity within cybersecurity. AI-driven cybersecurity products allow for much better predictive analytics and anomaly detection than previous generations. This allows products like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and intrusion prevention systems to detect malicious activity that hasn’t been seen before by analyzing past samples. As AI continues to mature their impact on cybersecurity products will become more and more critical in having a good cybersecurity program.
5) Internet of things and smart cars
Cybercriminals will continue to expand their attacks to different devices that are connected and collecting information via the internet. Forbes estimates that the demand for smart car information will be valued between $450 to $750 billion by 2030. Smart cars as well as other IoT devices represent a great opportunity for hackers to steal information that is being collected by these devices.
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