Still, cybersecurity is a difficult line of work.
Its dynamic, and IT pros often feel harrowed by the amount of ground theyre expected to cover.
Instead of seeing what new cybersecurity trends will develop in 2020, we thought wed ask the experts.
Cybersecurity professionals have huge jobs, and varied concerns.
Still, these are some of the trends we saw dominating our feedback channels.
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This alarm has been sounded before.
Moreover, experts think hackers will continue to exploit old avenues, like email.
Unfortunately, theres no silver-bullet solution.
In Europe, EU agencies approved the Cybersecurity Act to support member nations against these types of attacks.
Social media played a big part in surfacing misleading or outright false information, and its just not fixed.
French Caldwell of The Analyst Syndicate says the actual act of voting is in jeopardy, too.
Bottom line: expect hacking, and expect accountability.
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and ML can be hacked, too
InfoSec Personality (see, told you we had one!)
As the training becomes a new vulnerability, the automation of some cybersecurity workloads is in jeopardy.
Further, he says cyber adversaries will use A.I.
Oh, the Cloud
Remember that old joke the cloud is just someone elses computer?
Well, if someones computer can be hacked, why not the ever-present cloud?
Secondly, they should accelerate data protection and encryption while data is being transmitted, stored and processed.
Haiyan Song reminds us that once data migration to the loud has occurred, its not smooth sailing.
CCPA for all?
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is, at its core, the GDPR come stateside.
CCPA is significant for one simple reason: ignoring California is nearly impossible.
California, though not so much.
So what is CCPA?
Aanand Krishnan, CEO & Founder of Tala Security, reminds us how powerful the GDPR is.
GDPR puts the onus on companies to secure your data, or face penalties.
Expect CCPA to do the same.
But cybersecurity professionals need to be proactive about CCPA compliance.
Expect other states to simply copy-paste CCPA into legislation, even if the federal government never does.
Theyre also not totally new.
Phishing has, in one form or another, been around since the 1980s.
The cloud has been problematic since it became a consumer product.
We all expected 5G to have issues.
It shows cybersecurity isnt easy, or simple.
If weve not solved these issues by now, theyll continue to surface and morph to suit someones needs.
Story byNate Swanner
TNW’s former West Coast writer in the PNW (Portland, Oregon).
Nate loves amplifying developers, and codes in Swift when he’s not writing.
If(show all)TNW’s former West Coast writer in the PNW (Portland, Oregon).
Nate loves amplifying developers, and codes in Swift when he’s not writing.
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