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, mesmo com o aumento dos gastos com segurança cibernética, de acordo com uma pesquisa da Jefferies com diretores de TI (CIOs), 53% afirmaram que cortariam os gastos com ITSM. Se isso acontecer, eu esperaria ver um aumento nos gastos com Provedores de Serviços Gerenciados (MSPs). Os MSPs são especializados em segmentos específicos de TI e podem oferecer experiência especializada na área, já que atraem e retêm talentos, ao passo que as organizações têm dificuldade em fazer isso.
To remain vigilant against ransomware and data security, organizations must adopt a ransomware strategy and develop an plano de resposta a incidentes against bad actors. Incorporating a multilayered security framework is also vital to safeguard your data and reduce cybersecurity risk. And, when you need help, as Soluções de Readiness contra Ransomware da Commvault is available to assist you.
Industry and Platform Consolidation
– Brian Brockway, Global Chief Technology Officer
Atualmente, o cenário de segurança é bastante complexo. Existem inúmeras ferramentas disponíveis no mercado, e muitas empresas utilizam várias soluções para garantir proteção total. No entanto, temos observado que o setor começou a se consolidar, e essa tendência deve se manter até 2023. Todos os componentes precisam funcionar em conjunto para operar com máxima eficiência e oferecer as melhores chances de proteção. Consolidá-los em uma única plataforma será essencial para garantir que você aproveite ao máximo suas soluções, e ter um painel único de gerenciamento é fundamental para administrá-las. Especialmente à medida que os custos continuam a subir, as organizações devem garantir que estejam gastando cada centavo com sabedoria e obtendo o melhor retorno de cada aquisição.
No entanto, devido à enorme quantidade de ameaças que as empresas enfrentam, há também uma compreensão crescente de que nem tudo pode ser evitado, por mais excelentes que sejam suas soluções ou por mais eficaz que seja o gerenciamento delas. As organizações devem voltar seu foco para a resiliência. É quase inevitável agora que as empresas sejam atacadas em algum momento, mas o que realmente importa é a rapidez com que você consegue se recuperar disso. Backups regulares devem ser realizados para que, mesmo que o pior aconteça, o tempo de inatividade seja reduzido ao mínimo e as operações normais de negócios possam ser restauradas o mais rápido possível, com poucos danos duradouros.
“Inside-out” CyberSecurity, Tiger Teams and Managed Services
– Zack Brigman, Sr Product Marketing Manager
As ameaças cibernéticas continuam atingindo níveis recordes, tanto no número de invasões bem-sucedidas quanto nos danos causados por esses ataques. Olhando para 2023, os especialistas projetam que essas tendências continuarão a evoluir na direção errada, à medida que os adversários empregam novas táticas sofisticadas, as redes de hackers contratados continuam a se expandir e a lacuna de competências em segurança e TI se amplia. E, embora essas forças negativas apresentem desafios difíceis de superar, as organizações darão um grande salto no próximo ano para planejar, investir e amadurecer melhor suas disciplinas de segurança cibernética.
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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