What Spaces Are Hot in Security and Will Get Attention in 2021?
“What’s hot right now in security?” is one of the most common questions I hear from CISOs, vendors and VCs alike. Being a part of one of the largest and most active VC firms in security, we are fortunate to have thousands of touchpoints each year about the state of the industry, to understand the key nuances and to share that knowledge with others.
The reality is that every practitioner, market, company and team is different in what they prioritize as part of their security program. So below are ten spaces, in no particular order, that I think are hot now and will get attention in 2021. In following articles, I’ll propose solutions I’ve seen get traction in each space and worth spending some attention.
1. Data - There is no question at this point that data is valuable. Of course it takes a lot of work and thoughtfulness to get that value, but the insights and learnings we’ve been able to generate from data have significantly changed behavior for a long time now. The issue, however, is that anything of value also comes with risk and concerns. Leading to PCI, HIPPA, COPO, GDPR, etc. This is a solvable problem.
2. Cloud - In terms of hype, Cloud Computing is one of the few categories that has gotten to ride that wave multiple times over. When the space was at risk of practitioners reverting back to optimizing their existing compute infrastructure instead of investing more in public cloud, we got COVID-19 in response. Accessible cloud resources anywhere in the world and by anyone has become the “only” option for some at this point. The only question is what is the answer?
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