The Future of Data Security: Your Data Is At Risk — Are You Ready To Defend It? (2022)
You sit down at your computer to work on your annual report.
It’s due tomorrow, and you have a lot of data to input. As you type in the first few rows of numbers, you notice something strange.
Your computer seems to be moving slower than usual.
You stop typing and watch as the cursor moves painfully across the screen. Then, you hear it — the sound of someone typing on your keyboard from the other side of the room.
You jump out of your chair and run to the other side of the room, but no one is there.
You look at your computer and see that all of your data has been erased.
Someone has hacked into your system and stolen all your information!
According to Cisco’s Annual Internet Report (2018–2023) White Paper, nearly two-thirds of the global population will have internet access by next year.
By 2023, the total number of internet users will reach 5.3 billion (66 percent of the world’s population), up from 3.9 billion (51 percent of the world’s population) in 2018.
With this increase in internet usage, securing sensitive data across industries has never been greater, especially in light of recent global events that have increased data breaches.
To prepare to defend your data, you’ll need a strategy that adapts to today’s changing environment.
You aspire to be an innovator, a trendsetter, and, most importantly, a security pioneer.
This necessitates an all-encompassing strategy in the future.
As technology advances, so will the demand for increased security.
What are the concerns?
1-Skills Gap
Managing your company’s security to focus on the company’s most valuable assets is a difficult task.
It necessitates the expertise of the best in the industry. Due to the complexity of modern security strategies, your team may be working in multiple environments with multiple vendors.
To make matters worse, qualified workers are scarce.
2-Uncertainty
Industry changes constantly.
The pace of technological advancement is changing the nature of security work.
According to McKinsey, 70% of companies will be using hybrid multi-cloud platforms by 2022.
By 2025, edge and cloud computing will process over 75% of enterprise data.
The percentage of software sourced from cloud-service platforms, open repositories, and SaaS providers will rise from 23% today to nearly 50% by 2025.
As a result, security leaders must understand their companies’ future and ensure proper protections are implemented.
3-Unmanageable
Many companies find that their IT infrastructure becomes hard to manage as they grow.
To scale and provision technologies quickly, they have a tool sprawl.
In an ideal world, those technologies will be well integrated.
They lack funds to invest in new hardware, software, and workers.
4-Aimless Strategy
Security strategies are often built for current projects rather than future projects. That is understandable given the rapid changes in the security landscape.
But having a long-term adaptive strategy is always appealing, even if unattainable.
5-Expensive
It all comes down to money.
Given recent industry events, it should be evident to all leaders that cutting the security budget is never a good idea.
Although senior executives recognise the value of security investments, security continues to lose out to projects seen as revenue generators rather than cost centers.
How To Defend Your Data In A Changing World- What should businesses rely upon?
Businesses should seek a trusted advisor and adopt modern solutions to better prepare for the current data landscape.
Using a vendor’s tools is becoming outdated.
Often, consulting is more important than the tool.
Management service providers’ benefits trump managed services. So, why?
A skilled advisor or service provider can save time, money, and resources and help develop a strategy to maximise existing and new solution investments.
And that is a good start.
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