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A global reset : Predicting cybersecurity trends in 2021
FireEye shares its top cybersecurity trends for 2021 and says business leaders must build capabilities and strategies that will protect them in the days to come .
Companies across all industries commonly release forward-looking reports
about what ’ s to come in the next year , but very few in 2019 anticipated the global pandemic and the worldwide reaction to it . While 2020 brought great uncertainty , there remain many guarantees in the cybersecurity realm – threat actors will continue to attack , without any regard for their targets and with motivations that include , but are not limited to , espionage and monetary gain .
With an eye towards the future , we compiled a list of cybersecurity expectations for the coming year . In the report , A Global Reset : Cyber Security Predictions 2021 , we tackle the following topics : remote work and other impacts of the global pandemic , ransomware , nation-state activity , cloud security and security validation .
Remote work and other impacts of the pandemic
In the near term , the Coronavirus will likely continue to have a significant impact on normal business operations , with a focus on supporting remote work , virtual events and new productivity platforms . In the longer term , technology solutions will step in to facilitate the return to work , school and other activities , potentially introducing new risks for privacy , Personally Identifiable Information ( PII ) and protected health information ( PHI ).
Virtual Private Networks ( VPNs ) will continue to have their place in 2021 . Organisations should be ready to have this capability in place as remote work continues to expand and becomes a more common way of doing business . This year , there will be a continued increase in perimeter security , mostly due to remote work .
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