Cybersecurity leaders need to prepare for the long-term picture as well as deal with current day-to-day issues, according to Toby Bussa, VP analyst at Gartner, speaking during the Gartner Security and Risk Virtual Summit.
As we emerge from a decade of substantial change in the cybersecurity landscape, Bussa expects to see a similar evolution occur in the years up to 2030. “The last 10 years have been interesting, and we anticipate the next 10 years to be even more so,” he stated.
Bussa began by outlining the ways how the cybersecurity landscape has been radically reshaped during the past 10 years. These include advances in IT, such as the explosion in cloud services and Internet of Things (IoT) devices that have expanded the attack surface, privacy and data protection emerging as a much more prominent issue, the rise in cyber-attacks conducted by nation states and ransomware becoming more sophisticated and targeting large organizations.
With this in mind, anticipating further changes over the coming decade will be critical in preventing disruption to business performance and staying ahead of cyber-criminals.
The first expected trend outlined by Bussa is the increasing “balkanization” of the digital world in which enterprises operate. This is borne out of the competing interests of digital nationalists and digital globalists; those who want tight controls over the use of the internet and those much more comfortable with sharing data outside of boundaries.
For example, online filtering is heavily practised in certain digital boundaries, leading to scenarios where “consumers in one part of the world may be unable to access information in other parts of the world because of regulatory concerns.” Bussa added: “What the future of the internet looks like is an important backdrop for what cybersecu ..
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