Cybersecurity issues are making it hard for users to go about their usual internet activity such as shopping online or sending emails. Information related to personal identity is being accumulated and used to target not only the victim herself but businesses as well. Because of this experts predict consumers will withdraw from certain types of online activity.
With each passing day phising attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated making it difficult to shop online or do any activity of sensitive nature. There are even suggestions user will disengage entirely from using e-mails because its so risky.
New cybersecurity threat: Cyryptocurrency scams
As cryptocurrency accounts are not government-insured like U.S. dollars, and cryptocurrency payments are not reversible, the risk to consumers is particularly high. With people adopting crypto at great speed, scams will continue to grow in sophistication, prevalence and value as bad actors work to trick people into giving away their currency.
Home Networks Targeted
Another problem for us in 2022 will be the greater use of home networks as infrastructure for hackers. A home network is much simpler to hack and infect with malicious software than a professionally secured enterprise IT environment.
With processing power and bandwidth connectivity in residences increasing, home networks will become more attractive to cybercriminals. By hacking so many devices, they will be able to change IP addresses or even domain names during malware campaigns, dodging common defenses like IP blocking and DNS filtering.
There would be more attacks on Managed Service Providers. Attackers have seized upon a very effective strategy for getting access to large organizations, through the relatively weaker IT infrastructures of SMBs that provide them with services. Accordingly, managed service providers will need to increase both the breadth and depth of their security measures, since many SMBs rely upon them for their security.
Growth of Zero Trust
Zero Trust networks requires continuous authentication and monitoring of network behavior. Traditional VPNs and perimeter-based security are on their way out, making a case for Zero Trust networking to continue expanding and dominate hybrid cloud security conversations.
With the amplified implementation of SaaS, the arrangement of organizations’ networks is more vulnerable to attack, intensifying the need for protection like a Zero Trust architecture.
CISOs will put IAM as a cornerstone of their zero-trust security initiatives, particularly for cloud-native organizations. While there is no single solution that will make Zero Trust a perfect reality, IAM is the needed start that will kick off proper cybersecurity hygiene when developing applications, managing remote workers and controlling IoT deployments.
Democratization of Security
Another development in 2022 will be the increased importance of security at the edge of the enterprise, predicted Jennifer Fernick, global head of research at the NCC Group, a cybersecurity consulting firm in Manchester, UK.
As IoT devices proliferate, it’s key to build security into the design of new connected devices themselves, as well as the AI and ML running on them.
Taking a cyber-aware approach will also be crucial as some organizations begin using 5G bandwidth, which will drive up both the number of IoT devices in the world and attack surface sizes for IoT device users and producers, as well as the myriad networks to which they connect and supply chains through which they move.
An overarching development in the enterprise domain next year will be the further democratization of security. The tradition of having a single identity or security administrator is rapidly diminishing.
Democratization of security will take place, ensuring that everybody within an organization is familiar with security best practices and is able to do their own part to prevent a security breach.
No longer will anyone be able to say security ‘is not my job.’ Developers, in particular, will have to wear multiple hats as the tech skills shortage intensifies. That also means that cybersecurity will need to make its way into coding curriculum to give new software engineering grads more security skills.
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