Trends in Cybersecurity to Be Aware of in the Last Half of 2021
Cybersecurity is always improving as technology advances, which means it’s extremely important to be aware of trends within the industry. Throughout the first half of 2021, we saw cyberespionage campaigns, zero-day vulnerabilities, ransomware attacks, and more, making cybersecurity critical. Due to this, experts are looking to the rest of the year to determine what the remainder of 2021 will have in store. Here are a few trends that everyone should keep in mind while going into the latter months of 2021.
Hybrid Work More and more people have been returning to in-person work, but a large portion of companies are entering a hybrid work environment if they haven’t already. This increase in remote workers means that cybersecurity needs to be a major factor in establishing hybrid work. Over a year of remote work resulted in a larger attack surface, lax security practices, and a lack of training and resources to protect home networks. These issues could follow employees back to the office, which will potentially lead to an increase in support calls for infected devices—both immediate and eventual. Some will be clear right away as infected devices try to connect to the corporate network, but eventual problems can travel under the radar and slip through the cracks.