Cybersecurity Predictions Reshaping Organisations

To ensure resilience and preparedness, organisations must understand emerging cybersecurity trends and foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness as a core component of their business strategy.

FREMONT, CA:Cybersecurity has become a priority at every organisational level as cyberattacks have proliferated and the potential penalties in terms of regulatory fines and loss of customer trust have increased. The constant advance of technology is one of the primary reasons for escalating cyber security concerns. Most threats emerge due to improperly secured networks, leaving sensitive data accidentally exposed, or unwary or indiscreet employees using unsecured devices while working from home.

New work cultures, remote working, and the spread of IoT into every business area indicate more opportunities for lax security to cause worry and expense. New trends have made cybersecurity a top priority on the agenda for the coming year.

Creating a Security Culture Within Organisations

The need for security awareness training is now clear to organisations and they start to evolve from just training to additional emphasis on behaviour and culture. There is a positive momentum toward building a robust security culture globally, involving support from executives and the employee base as a whole.

A New Social Engineering Battleground with Increasing Social Media Scams

Social media scams will grow, putting organisations at risk. With the ever-growing industry of social media commerce and marketplace, people will depend more on indicators of trust, such as how many connections an account has and how long the account has been active, making them susceptible to scams using stolen social media accounts to trick individuals and organisations. Moreover, with official verification sales for a small fee on various platforms, scammers will take advantage.

A Rise in Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

There will be a major outage due to critical infrastructure being compromised, especially with geopolitical tensions. This has the potential to have societal and economic impacts on a large number of people, or even an entire nation. With a global recession and rising cost of living, there will be digital civil disobedience occurring in the form of people attacking their government sites or national infrastructure as a protest.

Dangerous Deep Fake Attacks Becoming more Convincing and Damage Reputations

Deep fakes are a threatening tool used to build trust by convincing unsuspecting people to accept the words and actions of others at face value. Organisations should have a deep understanding of the dangers it can pose to their reputation and train their employees on this topic.

Larger Attack Surface Presents New Threats with the Metaverse

There is an increasing number of threat vectors, creating a larger attack surface, and making it more difficult to adequately protect businesses worldwide. With the expansion of the Metaverse, more opportunities are emerging for cybercriminals to perpetrate attacks.

These predictions in cybersecurity bring a fundamental shift in focus for organisations beyond security awareness training to striving for a strong security culture driven by measurable behavioural change. Furthermore, social engineering will dominate as a successful procedure for cybercriminals to execute attacks.