2020 CYBERSECURITY THREAT TRENDS OUTLOOK
The expectations for the year 2020 are massive, as major world events underscore mounting geopolitical tensions. The United States will elect a president, Tokyo will host the Olympics, and renewable energy is anticipated to outcompete fossil fuels. Likewise, this time of economic uncertainty and increased competition across industry is contributing to the rise of digital transformation. Unprecedented innovations have been promised to us. Commercial space programs will take us to Mars, we will control devices with microchips implanted in our brains, and cars will be fully autonomous. Whether the above will come to fruition, one thing is for certain: the transformational benefits of next-generation technology are here.
Leaders are investing in digital transformation to increase competitive advantages, drive operational efficiencies, and grow market share. Leading-edge technology companies are manufacturing products faster, advancing logistics processes, and filling talent gaps. Alongside this rapidly scaling digitalization is organizational convergence. Enterprises are aggressively expanding through mergers and acquisitions, and evolving across geographical markets and industry. All the while, threat actors continue to challenge innovative security systems, uncovering gaps and slipping into the globally connected landscape the world is constructing. Organizations that prepare for uncertainty and approach their digital transformation with a security-focused mindset will be better positioned to survive this increasingly hostile connected ecosystem.
Today’s leaders must approach their security challenges with the same imagination, agility, and tenacity as their adversaries.