2022 was a BIG year for Cyber Security. According to Cyber Security Hub, more than 4100 data breaches were publicly exposed with a number of high-profile attacks including Twitter, Optus and WhatsApp.
In today’s world, bad actors are well organized, informed and also persistent with the volume and speed of attacks increasing. Their motives are changing, with data leakage, exfiltration, theft and restructure being top objectives causing data damage to now be the top concern of IT decision makers.
So what does 2023 hold? We’ve gathered thoughts from experts across Commvault to answer that very question.
Industry-Wide Shift to Proactive, Early Threat Prevention
– Matt Tyrer
In short, businesses will need and begin to implement proactive solutions to constantly monitor their environment to catch threats and enable early warning/response. Bad guys are getting in, and we aren’t knowing about it early enough.
From a cyber security and threat defence perspective, the industry today could be essentially divided in two approaches:
- Preventative Measures: These vendors are your perimeter defence vendors like firewalls, anti-virus, SIEM/SOAR tools, along with other data loss prevention (DLP) and intrusion detection/prevention solutions. Even the newer identity access management (IAM) security vendors, who are adding key security functionality to control who can see what in your environment, can be grouped in here. They are all the locks on your doors and windows actively working to keep the bad guys out of the house so that they can’t even start the fire.
- Reactive Measures: These tend to be the storage and most conventional backup vendors who are focused on protecting the data itself. Aiming to ensure it is available for recovery via table stakes features like immutability and anomaly detection (threat hunting) in the backups. These solutions are the sprinkler system and fire alarm – by the time they are triggered your house is already on fire and your only response is triage and disaster recovery.
Don’t get me wrong, both of these are critical parts of a layered security posture and strategy but there is a gap which where early warning lives. It’s the abilities to better respond when a breach occurs, while not waiting for data damage to be done before recovery is kickstarted.
This is why my prediction is an industry wide shift to more PROACTIVE warning systems, helping companies fill gaps between their preventive and reactionary toolsets.
Thankfully, Commvault is ahead of this game with our ThreatWise cyber deception technology. Get started NOW on proactively defending your data.
Rise in Managed Services Provider Spending
– Donna Namorato
The Institute of International Finance is predicting a global economic growth rate of just 1.2% in 2023, a level on par with 2009 when the world was only beginning its emergence from the from the financial crisis.1 Even with economic uncertainty looming, expect that cybersecurity spending will continue to rise but don’t be surprised if there is a decline in product and service spending.
E nonostante l’aumento della spesa per la sicurezza informatica, secondo un sondaggio condotto da Jefferies tra i CIO, il 53% ha dichiarato che ridurrebbe la spesa per l’ITSM. Se ciò dovesse verificarsi, mi aspetterei un aumento della spesa per i fornitori di servizi gestiti (MSP). Gli MSP sono specializzati in specifici segmenti IT e sono in grado di offrire competenze specialistiche in ambito IT, poiché attraggono e trattengono i talenti, cosa che invece le organizzazioni faticano a fare.
To remain vigilant against ransomware and data security, organizations must adopt a ransomware strategy and develop an piano di risposta agli incidenti against bad actors. Incorporating a multilayered security framework is also vital to safeguard your data and reduce cybersecurity risk. And, when you need help, le soluzioni Commvault Ransomware Readiness is available to assist you.
Industry and Platform Consolidation
– Brian Brockway, Global Chief Technology Officer
Attualmente, il panorama della sicurezza è molto complesso. Esistono tantissimi strumenti disponibili e molte aziende adottano soluzioni multiple per assicurarsi una protezione completa. Tuttavia, abbiamo assistito all’inizio di un processo di consolidamento nel settore, che dovrebbe proseguire nel 2023. Tutti i componenti devono interagire tra loro per garantire la massima efficienza operativa e offrire le migliori possibilità di protezione. Il loro consolidamento in un’unica piattaforma sarà essenziale per garantire di ottenere il massimo dalle proprie soluzioni, e disporre di un unico pannello di controllo è fondamentale per gestirle. Soprattutto alla luce dei costi in continuo aumento, le organizzazioni devono assicurarsi di spendere ogni centesimo in modo oculato e di ottenere il massimo rendimento da ogni acquisto.
Tuttavia, data l’enorme quantità di minacce che le aziende devono affrontare, sta prendendo piede la consapevolezza che non tutto può essere fermato, indipendentemente dall’efficacia delle soluzioni adottate o dalla qualità della loro gestione. Le organizzazioni dovrebbero concentrare la propria attenzione sulla resilienza. Ormai è quasi inevitabile che le aziende subiscano un attacco prima o poi, ma ciò che conta davvero è la rapidità con cui si riesce a riprendersi. È necessario effettuare backup regolari in modo che, anche nel caso in cui si verifichi il peggio, i tempi di inattività siano ridotti al minimo e le normali operazioni aziendali possano essere ripristinate il più rapidamente possibile con danni permanenti minimi.
“Inside-out” CyberSecurity, Tiger Teams and Managed Services
– Zack Brigman, Sr Product Marketing Manager
Le minacce informatiche continuano a raggiungere livelli record, sia in termini di numero di violazioni andate a buon fine, sia per quanto riguarda i danni causati da questi attacchi. Guardando al 2023, gli esperti prevedono che queste tendenze continueranno a evolversi nella direzione sbagliata, poiché gli avversari adottano nuove tattiche sofisticate, le reti di hacker mercenari continuano ad espandersi e il divario di competenze in materia di sicurezza e IT si allarga. E sebbene queste forze negative rappresentino sfide difficili da affrontare, le organizzazioni compiranno un grande balzo in avanti nel prossimo anno per pianificare, investire e maturare meglio le proprie discipline di sicurezza informatica.
Prioritization
Breaches happen. But not all assets, systems, and data are created equal. Given that a small percentage of information assets carry the majority of business risk, progressive companies will begin employing an “inside-out” cybersecurity strategy. One that starts with hardening and securing their most critical assets first – then working toward the perimeter. While perimeter defences and preventing intrusion will (and should) remain a paramount focus, this risk-aligned approach enables the prioritization of defence strategies to mitigate risk for high-value assets and functions. This reshapes conventional “outside-in” approaches, making security investments more accessible and operational.
Tiger Teams
To better manage emerging threats and respond to risk, we will continue to see a rise in fusion teams (thanks Gartner for the term!) – merging IT, security, and operational stakeholders together to drive change. These blended teams help create new synergies by pairing complementary (but often siloed) groups and capacities to achieve common goals. These cross-functional teams increase visibility across the organization, discover and eliminate blind spots, and optimize investments in existing and new tools. While many mature organizations already leverage fusion teams today, 2023 will see a more widespread adoption of these functions to better identify risks, implement cyber response strategies, and manage threats.
Managed Services
As threats mount, businesses will continue to adopt managed service (MSP) and managed security service (MSSP) offerings to augment existing tools and tactics. This is particularly true of lean IT departments and those looking to enhance their security operations centers. Leveraging these managed providers will enable organizations to close the cyber security skills gap, tap into a consortium of specialized solutions, and scale their cyber practice without managing additional headcount or disparate solutions.
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