Happy New Year, everyone! While it’s ever-so-tempting to begin this blog post with an already overused “2020 vision” cliche, I will resist the urge and carry on without. We hope that yesterday’s holiday brought everyone good company, great cheer, and a renewed sense of opportunity for what the next 365 days may bring.
Here at Rapid7, we have continued one of our favorite seasonal traditions by rounding up a slew of security pros to predict what will come to be in the coming year. Interested in what the group had to say? Read on!
Shawn Valle, Chief Security Officer, Rapid7
In the next year, I expect to see more consolidation in the cybersecurity space. We have seen traditional network security companies in an acquisition frenzy in 2019, scooping up quick-growth security product companies. I predict this will accelerate in 2020, though I also anticipate new players will emerge with newer capabilities and fill the gaps left by acquisitions.
Steven Maske, Information Security Manager
Generally I try to avoid predictions, but I have no doubt we’ll see more of the same.The one thing we can count on for sure is more regulation. GDPR is in full force, so I imagine we’ll see a few landmark fines and CCPA will bring new challenges for organizations. A number of other states have consumer protection laws in various stages of development, so it’s bound to get interesting attempting to comply with all of them.
Deral Heiland, IoT Research Lead, Rapid7
I predict we will see cyber-attacks against smart cities on a scale never before encountered as cities continue to move to smart technology such as lighting, traffic control, mobility solutions, and fire and safet ..
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