What does the IT security industry expect in 2021?

The year 2020 was turbulent and much was not foreseeable. Organizations were faced with a flood of new cyber threats and challenges and cyber criminals used the corona crisis and the associated uncertainty of the population for new tactics and attack methods.

What effects does the corona pandemic have on the future threat landscape? What do organizations, IT security experts and private users have to prepare for in the coming year?

RSA takes a look ahead and gives the following forecasts for 2021 for free editorial use:

1. New threat landscape for Companies

In spring 2020, many companies had to send their workforce to the home office from one day to the next without much preparation. Aspects such as IT security have often fallen by the wayside. In 2021, when some of the workforce returns to the office and others continue to work from home, systems from the home office will collide with existing systems and resources in the office. Undertake will deal with the consequences of this and in this context access and user rights as well as security guidelines and risk management processeshave to think.

2. Attacks on SaaS applications and cloud services

With the rise of remote work, companies have increasingly invested in SaaS applications and cloud services. Cyber ​​criminals who launch attacks on such applications and services also benefit from this – possibly with a two-stage approach in which end users are first compromised and then connected to the cloud services used.

3. More phishing emails and DDoS attacks

Cyber ​​criminals keep goingin current events and topics, such as information about a corona vaccine, tips for returning to the office or relief funds, for disinformation campaigns, etc.nd use phishing attacks that target consumers and businesses alike. And DDoS attacks will continue to increase in view of the growing attack surface and increasing dependency on the Internet – apart from the fact that such attacks are simple, cheap and anonymous and therefore a popular attack method by cyber criminals.

4. The rise of edge computing

In 2021 we will see a significant increase in edge computing infrastructures. In parallel, threat actors will develop techniques specifically targeting edge gateways and other edge computing environments. This is exacerbated by the proliferation of IoT devices and 5G networks – resulting in attacks with far greater impact than before.

5. More regulations and tougher penalties for data protection

The value of data is steadily increasing. This leads to more regulations, such as the introduction of the GDPR in 2018, and at the same time to tougher penalties. This trend will continue – especially when it comes to critical infrastructures. Companies will therefore have to deal with simplifying their internal data architecture and understanding compliance issues.

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