According to ESG research, 62% of organizations were poised to increase spending on cybersecurity in 2020. Thirty-two percent of survey respondents said they would invest in cybersecurity technologies using AI/ML for threat detection, followed by data security (31%), network security (30%) and cloud application security (27%).
Of course, that was back in the innocent and carefree days before COVID-19. Have things changed? Yes, and seemingly overnight. Like society at large, the cybersecurity world's priorities, strategies and tasks have been turned upside down.
[ Learn 8 key security considerations for protecting remote workers and why COVID-19 offers a unique opportunity to pilot zero trust, rapidly and at scale. | Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]I reached out to some CISOs and industry beacons this week to get their account of what's happening. My first observation is it’s difficult to get CISOs on the phone right now as they are heads down trying to secure the new reality. But I did manage to get a few on the line; here’s a synopsis of what they said:
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