As 2024 fast approaches, organizations are looking back on the past year to try and gain some insight into what the next 12 months could hold. This past year has been particularly interesting in the world of cyber security, with ransomware and data breaches dominating the headlines, the rise to prominence of AI strengthening cybercrime’s arsenal, and the shift of focus to cyber resilience causing businesses to question what comes next for the industry.
For security professionals across organizations of all sizes we anticipate the following issues will be a key focus for the year ahead:
Increased focus on cyber resilience
With the reality that every organization will almost inevitably suffer a cyber-attack at some point, the ability to recover with the least amount of downtime and data loss will be a priority. Organizations are coming around to the harsh reality that focusing on cybersecurity that centers on preventing attacks is not infallible. The ability to quickly recover from an attack, while minimizing the impact on the organization will be a strategic objective.
The cyber skill shortage will continue
The shortage of talent with the necessary knowledge and skills to protect organizations from cyber threats continues to be an ongoing concern. According to the 2023 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the cybersecurity workforce has grown by 8.7 percent, but the gap between the number of workers needed to the number of available openings grew 12.6 percent year on year. This indicates that growth in the number of cybersecurity roles is still outpacing talent pool growth.
Increasingly sophisticated phishing and social engineering attacks
Malicious actors will continue to up their ga ..
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