Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2020. Read them in this 12th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
By Members of the Deloitte Cyber Team
In the wake of widespread digital transformation, security will take center stage
Across
the globe, ways of life are becoming increasingly more digital. From
organizations adopting more efficient processes to end-users purchasing more
sophisticated gadgets, technology at large is converging. With this, comes the
need for stronger security protocols - especially in the wake of government regulations
and standards. Organizations and consumers alike will seek stronger security
practices across a variety of environments such as the internet of things
(IoT), identity and access management (IAM) and more.
Mike Wyatt, Principal, Deloitte Cyber
- Cloud Service Provider (CSP)
identity services will start to overtake the use of traditional identity
management COTS products. We are seeing significant investment by the CSPs to grow the
identity management capabilities beyond managing CSP infrastructure services
and towards providing core application identity capabilities. As the center of
gravity moves from the data center to cloud, the importance and adoption of
these services will skyrocket.
- Consumer Identity and Access
Management will likely grow at twice the rate of enterprise. Driven by digital
transformation initiatives paired with the importance of developing 1-1
relationships between businesses and their customers, CIAM will cement its
position in the next wave of identity programs.
Sharon Chand, Cyber Talent Leader, Deloitte Cyber
- In the wake of the
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), privacy regulation will continue to
proliferate across the United States. Other states will follow the lead from California's footsteps and
develop their own legislation. Furthermore, organizations will feel additional
pressure from consumers who desire transparency and will increasingly make
purchasing decisions accordingly. Acting in accordance with pressure from the
government and public to prioritize privacy will come essential to
organizations' bottom lines.
Sean Peasley, Internet of Things (IoT) Security leader in Cyber
Risk Services
- Without built in security,
IoT devices and their users will suffer. In today's age of connectivity, security for
IoT devices must be brought to the next level. In 2020, widespread
transformation will become a necessity as organizations will need to build
security into devices and applications rather than bolting it on to existing
technology. Repercussions of not prioritizing this will become dire as
connected devices evolve from seemingly trivial tools such as thermostats and
refrigerators towards higher stake technology such as autonomous vehicles and
more. Without building security into these environments, organizations will put
end-users' physical safety, privacy and more at risk.
Deborah Golden, US Cyber Risk Services leader
- The issue of cyber trust and
ethics will come to the forefront in 2020. With the coming election, while the security of
voting machines and social media influence have been leading the coverage, what
will come to the forefront this year will be the issues around voter fraud.
There are still challenges around falsification of voting. More focus needs to
be put on how we make the average person savvy when they go and vote and not be
tricked while in the process for registration.
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Policy and governance on
election issues will reach a crisis level. 2020 will bring a need for
guidance on how to transcend governance across local, state and federal. Even
if we collectively lack resources, together, state and local governments can do
basic back-up hygiene and extend cyber awareness training, working off of a
stronger probability at federal funding. After 9/11, federal governments were
funding local governments directly for Homeland Security protections, so maybe
this time around, cyber resilient funding could be triggered.
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